“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much. The worst wounds, the deadliest of them, aren't the ones people see on the outside. They're the ones that make us bleed internally. Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder. The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that rema

