He taught me love, and then inevitably, he taught me loss.

Shunned by association.

That’s why you got married – to feel safe from all the men who were trying to siphon your soul. I’d yielded my soul to Caleb willingly. Offered it up like a sacrificial lamb.

I was looking for the flaws in others and that was unfair when I had so many myself.

I want to be the peace in his life, not the conflict.

It’s a painful thing to look inside yourself and see the whys and the hows of your clockwork.

That’s what makes you a narcissist. Even in the middle of hurting other people you’re focused on yourself.

I marvel at how yearning can make you disintegrate.

I can make you a part of something great and beautiful and still portray you as the ugly thing you are. I.

But the truth of the matter – as I’ve come to understand it – is that people will ignore every warning sign when blinded by their thirst for something. It’s better to not be thirsty.