“What happened to you? Did you finally annoy someone enough to have them beat the shit out of you?”

“Ignoring things didn’t make them go away. It only made it harder to face them when they finally came around to beat the shit out of you.”

“I hate to say it, but shit really does happen. You just have to get over it. Beat the hell out of it by doing things that make you happy.”

“However much you wanted someone to want you, there was nothing you could do to make it happen. Whatever you did for them, whatever you gave them, whatever you let them take, it could never be enough. Never enough to be sure. Never enough to satisfy them. Never enough to stop them walking away.Never enough to make them love you.”

“Some of the things that beat the shit out of you . . . can beat the bullshit out of you too.”

“You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.”