Extraits

" I caught her staring at my lighter."

I blinked. "You gave a child, in a psych ward, a lighter."

His eyes crinkled at the corners. "She seemed trustworthy."

" You're sick," I said, but smiled.

"Nobody's perfect." Noah smiled back.

It doesn’t matter what we are. It matters what we do.

“I want YOU to be the one wanting me first. Pushing me first. Kissing me first. Don't be careful with me," he said. "Because I won't be careful with you.”

I must be made of nothing to feel so much nothing.

I did something brave, then. Or stupid. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

They rattled my cage to see if I'd bite. When they released me, they'd see that the answer was yes.

Sometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.

I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear.

You’re stronger than you believe. Don’t let your fear own you. Own yourself.”

Everyone is a little crazy. The only difference between us and them is that they hide it better.