Rachael [❤️]

“But that night we both lay awake, staring at the ceiling, silent. I thought, Who fixes broken people? Is it only other broken people, ones who’ve already been ruined? And do we need to be fixed? It was the messiness and hurt in our pasts that drove us, and that same hurt connected us at a subdermal level, the kind of scars written so deeply in your cells that you can’t even see them anymore, only recognize them in someone else.”
― Leah Raeder, Unteachable

“So just be normal,” he says, “at least for today. Let’s pretend I’m not a mess, let’s pretend you’re not angry. Let’s act like we’re friends and forget what happened.” I don’t want to pretend. I don’t want to be friends. I don’t want to forget. I am trying to remember.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Three flowers for you. You should have three.” He looks pitiful. He looks powerful. I love him, but I am not sure I like him. I take his hand and lead him inside.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Part of loving someone is wanting them to be happy, even if it hurts you.”
― Leah Raeder, Cam Girl