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81 " It’s what you do when you’ve experienced the worst of the worst. You seek out people like you… people worse off than you… and you use them to make yourself feel better about the terrible things that have happened to you. I swallow before I speak, because "
― Colleen Hoover , Verity
82 " now. He seemed a little reserved and quiet, but now I realize all the quiet parts of him are just grief. "
83 " I was difficult. An emotionally challenging puzzle he wasn't up for solving. Which was fine. I wasn't in the mood to be solved. "
84 " I wonder how long it lasts. Or if it'll always be this way. "
85 " Sure, it was only temporary, but you can't take away someone's only means of survival and expect them to function on their own. That's how I felt, anyway – like the only nourishment for my soul had been ripped from me. "
86 " but a woman knows if she wants to keep a man forever, she has to act like she could get over him in a day. "
87 " I’m sure it’s mostly in my head, but that doesn’t put me at ease, because the things lurking around inside the mind can be just as dangerous as tangible threats. "
88 " I fell in that moment. Not in love. I just…fell.It was as if I’d been standing on the edge of a cliff my whole life, and finally, after meeting Jeremy, I felt confident enough to jump. Because—for the first time in my life—I felt confident that I wouldn’t land. I would keep flying. "
89 " It seems to be getting worse at night, nocturnal and intense. I'm sure it's mostly in my head, but that doesn't put me at ease, because the things lurking around inside the mind can be just as dangerous as tangible threats. "
90 " I was obsessed. I was obsessed with his laugh, with his cock, with his mouth, with his skill, with his stories, with his hands, with his confidence, with his gentleness, with a new and intense need to please him. "
91 " you fuck with the machine, you will die. If you neglect the machine, you will die. If you assume your conscious can outlive the machine, you will die shortly after learning you were wrong. "
92 " Find what you love and let it kill you.” - Charles Bukowski "
93 " The state of my life is irrelevant in a place this size. There are far more people here with stories much more pitiful than mine. Here, I'm invisible. Unimportant. Manhattan is too crowded to give a shit about me, and I love her for it. "
94 " Luckily, a Wi-Fi connection and a credit card make it easy to live life completely indoors in Manhattan. Anything and everything a person could possibly need can be delivered. "
95 " I find myself drawn to his altruism – a rarity these days. "
96 " ...It's what you do when you've experienced the worst of the worst. You seek people like you... people worse off than you...and you use them to make yourself feel better about the terrible things that have happened to you. "
97 " It was amazing how different sex felt when a person used more than their body. I involved my heart and my gut and my mind and my hope. I fell in that moment. Not in love. I just… fell. "
98 " I think time will definitely help, but it probably wouldn't hurt to entertain the idea of moving. If you're in a house they've never been in, the reminders of them might fade. Not having them around would become your new normal. "
99 " People like me belong in overpopulated cities. The state of my life is irrelevant in a place this size. There are far more people here with stories much more pitiful than mine. Here, I’m invisible. Unimportant. Manhattan is too crowded to give a shit about me, and I love her for it. "
100 " It'll take time. I would attempt to organize it myself, but it's all Greek to me. "