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If she's in pain now she doesn't show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

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Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.

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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best i...more

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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mend...more

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What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear me. As he passes me he stretches out his hand. He wra...more

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I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that’s tr...more

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Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at ...more

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He should be the one to die, part of me thinks.I don't want to lose him, another part argues.I don't know which part to believe.

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The person you became with her is worth being.

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Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me."The momen...more

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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place wh...more

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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing...more

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You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin....more

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I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.