“I’d never been like this with anyone else. I’d always been reserved, eager to please—a peacemaker, like Roderick. A people pleaser. A perfectionist. Docile and fake—so terrified of losing the affection I craved that I’d do anything to keep it, even compromise myself.” FearLonelinessAffectionNeed Book:Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions Source: Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions
“What if he doesn’t want me too? What if I implode my entire fucking life—” “Then we’ll pick up the pieces and build something new.” We’ll pick up the pieces.” FearFamilySupportPieces Book:Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions Source: Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions
“His walls were gone. Left somewhere back at the airport where he’d had to tear through them to chase me down. Because that’s what he’d done. Worked through his own fears to meet me halfway—the way I’d always dreamed a partner would.” FearBraveryPartnershipWalls Book:Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions Source: Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions