"I understand that you care. I just sometimes feel that the people who know me best, are people I’ve never met."

"I guess I’m learning, little by little, that we decide what our lives are going to be. Things happen to us, but it is our reactions that matter."

"

It’s days like today I miss you. It’s hearts like yours that bring me joy. It’s kisses like those that make me cry. And it’s a love like ours that terrifies me.

We’re forever in my head, but apart in my heart. I try to say I’m sorry every day, but your eyes in tears prevent it. I’m to be the rock to your mess that I never was. I’m to be the steady hand to your quivering.

But I’m quivering, too. I’m trembling. I’m shaking. I’m terrified. I need nothing more than I need you. And you need nothing more than steady me. Well I’m not steady. I’m not steady at all.

I may never be.

Because that’s what loving you… does to me.

"

“Kiss me again, but don’t let me see your eyes. I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer- but yours. How can I?”

(Source: apuzzletotherestofus)

"If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me."