“males conspicuously leaving their mark to let others know where they weren't welcome.”

“because in the past words have only driven them apart.”

“You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.”

“Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being.”

“I realized it was like looking into the sunyou shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.”

“It still hurts," she whispered. "Even when you're doing it for someone else, that doesn't stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding.”

“No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort to know ..." He hesitated, and I reached up to smooth the rumpled hair off his face."To know ...”

“In his arms Ive finally found the place Ive been looking for, where fear cant touch me, where memories cant reach, where the past is forgotten and the present is enough. Where the present is, in fa...”

“Our relationship with the world can only be better when we know ourselves well!”