Don’t play with the Devil, he always cheats.
T.L. MARTINMaybe I’ve dragged myself through the mud since then, but even mud hardens beneath your shoes. I must be standing on a mountain of it by now. And no one can touch me from way the hell up here.
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I’m a bird trapped in a self-made cage.
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Crawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined – love me there.
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You will eventually lose control, and when you do – when you lose every last shred of it until you can’t see red from black, right from wrong – I will be here. Ready to back you up, the way you should be doing for me.
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Today, I painted with blood.
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I never knew hell would be so spick-and-span.
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He was unhinged. Shameless. Everything wrong and everything right. And he held the key to my cage in his palm.
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Heartache is my constant companion, and we’re perfect for one another. Two co-dependent peas in a pod. My past and my future.
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Submissive, sure, but someone who wants it all the same.
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We both know you won’t touch her. You’re going to force her to be deprived just because you are.
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The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
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Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.
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I suppose it was easier to pretend I didn’t exist than it was to exorcise my demons.
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I part my lips, but no words come out. I want to cry. Want to beg. Want to scream. But mostly, I want to hold him until I know he’s going to be okay. Then I want him to hold me until I’m okay, too.
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I can resist everything except temptation.
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You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.
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All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living.
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But I was still weird enough that people otherwise left me alone.
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Love me like my demons do.
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Somewhere along the way, she weaved herself so deeply into my veins I can’t fucking inhale without her breathing life into me.
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I might have a fancy roof over my head and soap to wash away the dirt, but I’m still the same girl beneath. It’s important neither of us forget it.
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There’s a difference between loving someone as they are whole, and wanting to see all of their pieces. I’ve understood this for a while now, and I don’t fault anyone for it.
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A mouse trying hard to come off as a lion.
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Life is going to break your heart. Remember to say thank you.
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I don’t deal with them. And if I don’t deal with them, I have no reason to learn their names.
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His eyes close, and he draws a long breath. When they open again, they’re colder than ever. “And that’s where you’d be disappointed, Lou. There is no good to be found in Death.
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I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.
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