Sue Zhao Quotes

I am destroying myself so other people can’t," she said, "and it’s the worst kind of control but it’s the only form I know.

I think I wait for people to hurt me," she said quietly, "and when they do I feel a certain smugness at being right. And, after that, I just feel pain.

You don't realize it," came the whisper, "but, one day, this too will be the past and you will come to mourn it." "You will come to mourn it.

We were always going to say goodbye, weren’t we?” “Yeah. I think so.” “I loved you though. I loved you so much.” A pause. “I know. I know. “I loved you too.

Then he said: don't you know? I am trying to make you great. And I said: I do not want to be great, I want to be loved.

Finally, he said, "you know I love you right?" And I said, "yes." And then he said, "and you know that I would never want to hurt you?" And I braced myself, because nobody ever says that unless they're about to hurt you.

I did not know ow to be any differently--though I craved it. I held myself hostage and I am sure most of the time I did not know I was doing it.

One day I thought to myself: it’s time I did something for me and no one else. And so I left and I never looked back.

I did not love you but I almost did. At one time, I might have loved you - at least, I felt I might have. If you were never loved by me, then nevertheless you were loveable to me. Last night I dreamt that your head lay on my stomach and traced the rise and fall of my breath. It felt completely normal - even though I knew once, we had left each other. Even though I knew we had wounded each other. In the dream state, forgiveness comes easily. I never loved you but I almost did. There are days when the breadth of ambiguity feels much worse. There are days I wish I would have loved you so I would know how to stop.

All time ever does is pass and all I ever do is remember.

If i could have done it all again, i would have love you better. But i could not have loved you more.

How someone reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they're going to be in your life.

I can hear the world going on outside. My love. Barricade the doors.