““Because sometimes you see yourself—you see yourself the way you could be—the way you might be if things were different. And if you look too closely, what you will see will scare you, it'll make you wonder what you might be if given the opportunity. You know there's a different side of yourself you don't want to recognize, a side you don't want to see in the daylight. You spend your life doing everything to push it down and away, out of sight, out of mind. You pretend that a piece of yourself doesn't exist. You live like that for a long time. For a long time, you're safe. And then you're not.””
