Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not

I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction.

My problem might be that even if I did go home, I wouldn’t belong there, among people who give without thinking and care without trying.

We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.