Have you ever been in
love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens
up your chest and it opens up your heart & it means that
someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all
these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armour, so that
nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no differet from
anyother stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give
them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did
something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then
you're life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages.
It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the
darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we could just be
friends' turns into a glass splinter working it's way
into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just
in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real
gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate
love.
-NeilGaiman
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