Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness as a shield.
I did get lost but I wanted someone to find me.
People don't want you to be yourself, they just want you to be the person that they've decided you should be.
I think I needed to be really hurt on the outside so the hurt on the inside would realize that it wasn’t on its own and that it had to come out.
What you look like is just one part of who you are - but it's not all you are.
That was the worst thing about having a relationship with someone, even a pretend relationship. You opened up, let someone in, and when it was over, they had all the ammunition they needed to completely destroy you.