I once heard my mother tell my sister love only comes at a price, there's no way around it. You give up parts of yourself for love, she said. If that's true, I thought, the cost of our love had risen. And despite wanting to be as real to you as you were to me, I couldn't afford us any longer. We were beyond my means.
Christopher BarzakSometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.
Christopher BarzakI tried. I tried to burn that memory of my regret. But I wasnโt dead yet, I was just on my way to dying, and itโs harder to burn memories when youโve still got life left. When youโre alive you have to learn how to live with things like regret.
Christopher BarzakDonโt ever put your happiness in someone elseโs hands. Theyโll drop it. Theyโll drop it every time.
Christopher Barzak