We are not made up only of our light and happiness but also of darkness and sorrow. To deny the darkness of yourself is to deny half of who you are, and when you love, truly love, you need to love the whole person not just the part that smiles and waves, but the part that thinks murderous thoughts and knows that pain is both pleasure and temptation, but still thinks puppies are really cute.

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

Not dating is a choice, not a failure.

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

If I wasn't dead already, I'd said I was having a heart attack.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time