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1 " I didn't bare my feelings so you could explain why they were wrong. I wanted your support. "
― K.M. Szpara , Docile
2 " I lock doors. I ask questions. I set boundaries. "
3 " Despite how lost I feel, this situation is familiar. That someone is asking my consent as if I have a choice. Pay to see a doctor or suffer. Register with the ODR or go to debtors' prison. Go down on Dutch or be humiliated - punished. Impossible choices I've made, if you can call it that.I know when I say, "Yes," it's the same, here. "
4 " My forehead rests against his, trapping beads of water between us. Then, before I can object, he kisses me with soft, gentle lips.I pull back. 'I didn't say you could do that.''Not out loud,' he says. "
5 " Even if this ritual doesn't *do* anything, it still means something. This place might be hollow, but we are not. "
― K.M. Szpara , First, Become Ashes
6 " It's okay to hate yourself and it's okay to enjoy yourself. Sometimes. "
