“I never mastered anything. I am damaged. Broken. And I always will be.”
“I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.”
“I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.”
“For years and years, I convinced myself that I was unbreakable, an animal with an animal strength or something not human at all. Me, I told people, I take damage like a wall, a brick wall that never falls down, never feels anything, never flinches or remembers. I am one woman but I carry in my body all the stories I have ever been told, women I have known, women who have taken damage until they tell themselves they can feel no pain at all.”
“It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.”
“In the end, this armor is my skin. If it is damaged, I am damaged.”