" Believe me, I’ve thought long and hard about leaving things alone. But then there will always be this wall between us.” “It’s all ugly things behind the wall,” I said, not looking at him. “I’m not afraid of what’s behind the wall, only the wall itself.” But the wall was my exoskeleton. It was what held me up. Sometimes it was the only thing that held me up. "

― Sherry Thomas , The One In My Heart