“If I let myself care, all I'll feel is pain.”
“Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? Feel free to take care of me in return... because I think I'll need you to do that.”
“If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
“I'll lock my heart away deeper ..if I do that ..I won't have to feel pain outside or inside .. or the fear I won't have to feel anything at all !”
“I don't know. Sometimes, I feel nothing, and I'm so afraid. Afraid I'll stop feeling anything at all. I'll just slip away inside myself...I just need to feel something" A Great and Terrible Beauty, Page 177, by”
“No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you." - Dimitri”