"Some things are private. Some things needed to be said, even when the person who needed to hear them couldn’t hear anything. Ever again."

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“Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words.”

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“If I love you more than you love me, I’m as good as dead. Yet I can’t make myself take it back. I can’t just walk away from you, because every time you pass by me without smiling, without touching my hand, or at least making eye contact, it feels like I’m dying inside.”

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