♥ Rebecca ♥

“I’ve loved you all my life. It’s part of who I am as a person. I don’t know who the fuck I am if I can’t love you, if I’m not allowed to love you, if you don’t want me around. Even if I marry someone else, it wouldn’t change anything. I would still be miserable. I would still love you. I will stop loving you the day I stop breathing.”
― Alessandra Hazard, Forbidden

“From the first moment you saw me, right?”
“It seems unlikely, darling. You were far too young and very rude.”
“Must have been my magnificent grounds at Pemberley, then.”
― Alexis Hall, For Real

“My childhood therapist always told me that my voice was just shy. It doesn’t like to come out when I’m anxious, even if I know exactly what I want to say. Even if not talking makes everything a hundred times worse. It only works when I feel safe.”
― Riley Nash, Bad Dogs

“I unfold my notes and arrange them in order on my leg. I’ve read them under my breath a hundred times in the last couple of days to make sure I can say them aloud when the time comes. It starts with one clear sentence at the top, then breaks down into a flow chart of all the ways I thought the conversation might go and how I could answer. My heart’s pounding hard enough to make me feel dizzy, but I wrap my hand around the base of my throat like it’s the weight of my collar and dial the number I scrawled at the bottom of my notes.”
― Riley Nash, Bad Dogs