“Always act like a lady in front of closed doors. Never show emotion if it means risking your power.”

“Falling in love with someone is the surest highway to hurt that I know. When the door to love opens, the window to control closes.”

“I whisper and you close your eyes. I speak and you turn away. If I scream, will you finally hear me beg you to hold me close to you, promise you'll never let go?”

“Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.”

“Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.”

“But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.”

“Red and raw like my brain, unable to shut down, thoughts crashing like electrons orbiting a nucleus of deuling emotions.”