So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, the twisted. She could go on living her life happy, just like she deserved.

Okay, I'm going to be completely honest here." I take a deep breath, because what I'm about to say is very real and more honest than I've ever been. "I don't want to be awayfrom you for that long.

Just because it's broken doesn't mean it loses its importance. And I figured I'd give it to you one day when you realized it was okay to make mistakes.

Sometimes the best things are the ones that aren’t planned, the decisions made while living in the moment.

No one has ever needed me before because I’ve never let anyone that far in.

It's what's buried deep inside that frightens me because it's broken, like a shattered mirror.

I sometimes feel like life is just one big test to see how long we can survive.