“expecting one is the way to hurt yourself”
“Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.”
“Zealots are one-trick ponies. They love nothing so much as their own cause. Don’t get in their way without expecting to be hurt.”
“No one is worth hurting yourself over.”
“Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.”
“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’twork out the first time.”