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"The Lotus will bloom into the most magnificent flower, even when its roots are in the murkiest of waters."

"I love you, Syd. I loved you then, I love you now, and I'll love you until my dying day."

There was never a question, never a doubt.
I love this woman.

“And sometimes, it's not about survival at all. It’s about living through the worst possible loss, heartache and pain, regardless of whether or not we make it to the other side.”

“I used to think strength was rooted in the fight.
Prevailing. Surviving the things determined to tear us down. But true strength isn't necessarily overcoming the fight- it is how we fight. It is not within the sword itself, but in how we wield it.”

"Because... my willpower is hanging by a flimsy thread, and I swear I'm only one longing look, one touch, one more fucked-up, glorious truth away from throwing logic out the window and never looking back."

“The truth is, I didn't have a heart to give.
My heart was with a ghost.”

“A wise woman once told me that there is beauty to be found everywhere. Even in the things that scare us."

“You heal me. Every day you put another piece of me back together.”

"Day by day, those walls went up, made of stone and brick and steel and you. I couldn't let anyone in because I couldn't bear to feel the way I felt after you disappeared. Not again... not ever. You have no idea what you meant to me. What you mean to me."