Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.