“...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.”
“I'm not mean, I just give people a good reason to hate me”
“I'll give you a reason," I tell her, my voice raw. "I promise. If you give me the chance, I will give you a reason to be with me.”
“So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.”
“I don't want you to hate me. You have every reason to, I know. But I don't want that to be the end of our story.”
“It is dishonest to give me a poem and pretend to want my opinion when what you really want are reasons to live.”