

“I'm going to hurt you. I'm going to make you very uncomfortable tonight, but you're going to be safe. Do you trust me?”
― Dark Control
― Dark Control

“And yeah, I had to go to therapy to get over my childhood issues and work through my shit but you know what I found when I was done? I still liked having my ass smacked, my hair pulled and being told to get on my knees like a good little girl because that’s my fucking right as a woman. And screw anyone that has a problem with it."
-Beth Anderson, The Missing Orchid”
― The Missing Orchid
-Beth Anderson, The Missing Orchid”
― The Missing Orchid

“Wow, amazing, I can’t even come up with a lie that makes sense.”
― Toxic
― Toxic

“You know you’re in love with someone when the idea of them being in love with someone else doesn’t just wreck you, it invades every part of your being. Yet, how could I be upset that Gabe loved her? When his love for her was one of the very reasons I loved him? —Saylor”
― Toxic
― Toxic

“Sometimes I wonder if we ever truly let anyone completely in. The desire for another human being to know you, all of you, all the pieces, even the ones you’re ashamed of — is huge. But too often, we sit down and sort through the pieces only picking out the pretty ones, leaving the ugly ones behind, not realizing that choosing not to share with someone else is like committing a crime against our very soul”
― Toxic
― Toxic
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