If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain. — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
“But this time it was not pain that filled the empty shell, but feelings, flooding back, bringing knowledge and realisation. Here, and now, and his once more. Vadim. Forever and always. Vadim. His. And Dan cried, helplessly, while his good… — Marquesate & Vashtan Copy Share Image
