“Maybe it would be better if we didn't love. If we didn't lose, either. If we didn't get out hearts stomped on, shattered; if we didn't have to patch and repatch it until we're like Frankenstein monsters, all sewn together by who knows what.”
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“How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust–and also to make you feel so whole?”
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“If you’re smart, you care. And if you care, you love.”