You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are

There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. I am weak already. I brace myself against the wall and press my forehead to my hands. It’s difficult to take deep breaths, so I take short, shallow ones. I can’t let this happen. They attacked me to make me feel weak. I can pretend they succeeded to protect myself, but I can’t let it become true.

I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more?

Before we sit down, he puts his mouth next to my ear and says, “I like your hair that way.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.