you, that's what happened.

"That seems the likely ending to this love story: me dropping everything and doing anything, devoted as a dog, as he takes and takes and takes."

— Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

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gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy.

— only so much, Lang Leav (in September Love)

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you're still sorry, and there's still no apology.

"There must be a point where you're allowed to be defined by something other than what he did to you."

— Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa