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“I don't have any need to breathe. You are my breath.”
“Youre allowed to feel whatever you want. - Jason Dorsey”
“You’re allowed to feel whatever you want. - Jason Dorsey”
“Just remember, you never know what's possible until you risk finding out.”
“Oh, god I whimper. I havent done anything yet, baby, Colton growls. I know, I pant. I was just saying your name.”
“Oh, god…” I whimper. “I haven’t done anything yet, baby,” Colton growls. “I know,” I pant. “I was just saying your name.”
“Youre my woman. Of courseIm responsible for you. Its my highest duty in life to take care of you, protect you. -Jason Dorsey”
“Ill support whatever you decide. Illhelp you any way I can. Whats mine isyours, okay? If you need something, Ill make sure you have it, however I have to get it. -- Jason Dorsey”
“I respect the hell out of her for how hard shes working to be okay. I just wish shed let me show her how to let go, how to let herself hurt. I want to take her pain.”
“Hot heart-blood leaked from my face. From my eyes and my nose and my mouth. Not tears, because those would never stop. This was just liquid heartbreak seeping from my pores.”
“But we have to learn to be free. We have to, Nell. Doesn't mean happy all the time, or okay all the time. Its okay not to be okay. I told you that, but I'm relearning it myself. But not being okay ...”
“But I think youre beautiful. Youre lovely. I shifted uncomfortably under the intense scrutiny and prickling heat in his eyes. Thanks? He thinks I'mlovely? The idea that Kyle thought I was not just ...”
“When my grandpa died, I had this same fear. I love Grandpa so much. He was Mom's dad, and he was my favorite person in the whole world. He lived up north, between Grayling and the Mackinaw Bridge. ...”
“It wasn't supposed to. It was just supposed to stop you from hurting yourself. It helps No it doesn't. It just pushes it away temporarily. Just like the booze. But I need You need to let yourself f...”
“The only way past the pain is through it. Pain, grief, anger, misery...they don't go away--they just increase and compound and get worse. You have to live through them, acknowledge them. You have t...”
“Its not okay, I tell her. This gets her attention; its not what she was expecting. You dont have to be okay. What do you want from me? Her voice is ragged, desperate. I want you to let yourself be ...”
“She closes her eyes, and I can see the moisture. Shes deep-breathing again, and I notice her hands are clutched around the opposing wrists, nails digging in deep, hard, scratching. Pain to replace ...”
“You cant hold it in forever, Colton said, apropos of nothing. Yes, I can. I had to. Youll go crazy. Itll come out, one way or another. Better crazy than broken. I wasn't sure where that came from, ...”
“Letitgo, he whispers, his voice a fierce, harsh sound in my hair. No. No! The last word is screamed. You have to. You cant bleed it out. You cant keep pretending, drinking it down.”
“The door slams in response, and I laugh. I'm glad she can laugh. It means she really is coping. I know shes internalizing a lot, though. Putting on a show for me. Shell have new scars on her wrists...”
“I don't even know how long she sobs. Time ceases to pass, and she cries, cries, cries. Clutches me and makes these sounds of a soul being ripped in two, the grief so long denied taking its toll. Fe...”
“I should have seen it coming. The words dont surprise me, but they piss me off. I pull away and glare down at her. Dont you fucking dare, Nell Hawthorne. Dont you dare put this on yourself. You sho...”
“I bought this place for a pittance, because it was a dump. Rejected, abandoned, unwanted. Like me. I fixed it up. Made it mine.”
“My thoughts are free to roam back to the way she leaned her head on my arm for a split second, as if wishing she could let herself go, let herself lean farther. But she didn't, and I cant help but ...”
“Yeah. I know why she cuts. I just dont know the seed-reason. Its deep inside her, and itll take time and patience to get it out of her.”
