Some things are hard to let go of.
Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.
I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my mother, and the pain they bequeathed to me like a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation. - Tobias Eaton
Human reason can excuse any evil.
Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.
His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,” he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid of their guns” —another kiss between my eyebrows— “and act like the shrinking violet you could never be ”—a kiss on my cheek— “and you’ll be fine.