" I love you, Jamie, but I don't want to love you this way. I'm broken in too many places and I can't let you be the one to put me back together. If I'm going to survive in this world, I need to learn how to take care of myself first. I need to heal, so that my heart can be whole again. I need time. A lot of time. "

― Akemi Dawn Bowman , Starfish