“I must be alive. Otherwise I wouldn’t hurt so much.”

“Both hurting and happiness make me feel more alive, but as I get older it seems that hurting's the low hanging fruit. So I pick it.”

“Happiness is the purpose of humans so it must need to be for the good of others otherwise one’s happiness could hurt many others.”

“I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black water so deep I couldn’t touch the bottom. As long as I was touching him, I wouldn’t drown.”

“I love you, Daisy. I love you so much I hurt.”

“What should I say? That I like him so much it hurts?”

“It hurts too much so I don't want to talk about it.”

“Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.”

“I wonder if everyone who faces death hurts like this. It's as though for the first time I realize how much just being alive makes my body ache. But I don't want that ache to stop.”

“I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)”