“ I wanted a man who’d experienced pain
at one point in his life.
I needed someone
who wouldn’t be reckless with my heart,
who knew what it felt like to hurt...
I wanted a man, not a boy.
I didn’t want a man afraid of loss
but one who wanted me out of joy,
out of preference.
And I needed to live that way myself,
to find someone I truly wanted,
not just someone who wanted me."
