Nandalicios

“When a wound doesn’t mend on its own, one of two things will happen: it can either remain raw or, more commonly, be replaced by a thick layer of scar tissue. As an open sore, it is an ongoing source of pain in a place where we can be hurt over and over again by even the slightest stimulus. It compels us to be ever vigilant - always nursing our wounds, as it were - and leaves us limited in our capacity to move flexibly and act confidently lest we be harmed again. The scar is preferable, providing protection, and holding tissues together, but it has its drawbacks: it is tight, hard, inflexible, unable to grow, a zone of numbness. The original healthy, alive flash, is not regenerated.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth Of Normal By Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté & The Happiness Trap By Dr. Russ Harris 2 Books Collection Set

“I am not very good at taking criticism.
I know you weren't criticizing me when you decided to be with her.
But it feels like everything you give her that you couldn't give me is a statement of my faults.
I imagine you kiss lines down her body that spell out all of the reasons I am unlovable.”
― Whitney Hanson, Home

“At some point
I stopped writing you poems
hoping that you'd fall in love
and I started writing about
how it felt when you didn't”
― Whitney Hanson

“I don't know how to love small
so if I can't love you a lot
I can't love you at all”
― Whitney Hanson, Home