Jar of Hearts

“I don’t even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.”

Children are innocent. They’re small. They can’t defend themselves against predators. They’ve done nothing to warrant any violence against them. Bad things aren’t supposed to happen to kids. It goes against everything we as a civilized society think is acceptable. Your protective instincts kick in.

a show he pretended to hate but secretly enjoyed because it meant he could spend time with her?

She’s lonely, hungry for attention and validation, and she needs a warm body next to her

It’s easier to lie when your mouth is full

She crumples it up into a tiny bead and swallows it. Because the only way to get rid of it is to consume it.

“I know I can’t take one more step towards you

’Cause all that’s waiting is regret

Don’t you know I’m not your ghost anymore

You lost the love I love the most

I learned to live half alive

And now you want me one more time.”

~ Christina Perri, “Jar of Hearts”

You see what you want to see, not what’s there.

Nothing feels as powerful as longing for someone you can’t have

That’s the thing with affairs. They are, by definition, a temporary relationship. They always end, one way or another, and they almost always end badly.