It [death] chokes you, gags you, but you have to pretend that you're doing just fine, not trembling with this fear because the end is close.

The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to hide behind those few times someone wanted entry to my heart.

Bad choices or good, if you never take chances, someone else will build your life for you.

When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt.

And how can it be he's so in love with me? To grow up without love, and still have so much inside?

Alone everything changes. Some might call it distorted reality but it's exactly the place I need to be.

Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.