Sometimes I feel like I've become so weak, so broken down that I'm afraid I've lost whatever inherent value I still had left. I don't know how to put myself first. I don't know how to love without losing myself, and I don't know how to let go of anyone. For so many years, I couldn't understand why every time I thought that somebody finally loved me, like for real.... they would eventually turn into vapor. Every person that I've ever loved is trapped inside of my chest. I've breathed all of them in so deeply that I've nearly choked and died on every soul that I've ever given myself to.
-- Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready
