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.
T.L. MARTINI 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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But I was still weird enough that people otherwise left me alone.
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Maybe she’d try to understand that the dark images muddled my brain until it hurt, until I had no choice but to let them out.
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Her soul was too deep to explore by those who always swam in the shallow end.
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Crawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined – love me there.
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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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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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If you are afraid of darkness, you are afraid of your own soul.
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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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Art is a private piece of me.
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I’m a bird trapped in a self-made cage.
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Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
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The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear.
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She wore her scars as her best attire. A stunning dress made of hellfire.
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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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