skylar’s Reviews > Martyr! > Status Update

“the kiss lasted three seconds, maybe four, but it set everything else in motion. my life was a painting i’d been staring at upside-down up until that moment, that moment when leila wandered in and flipped it right-side up for me. just like that. everything clicked into place, the picture came into clarity.”

‘“i cry all the time,” … “i hate it. it embarrasses me. i am not fragile, but sometimes my body just cries and i can’t help it. it’s a betrayal. like someone tickling you, you laugh even when you don’t want to, even when it it hurts. that’s how i cry.”’

“‘how do we move through all this beauty without destroying it?’”