From attraction and affectionCover of perfectionFailure beyond texture to a painful lessonEverything that was from the start wasn't from the heart

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.

Assuming what people want is about as controlled as using fireworks to start a fire.

In the heart of appeasement there's the fear of rejection, and in acts of fear there are mirrors of oppression.