"Have you ever been in love?
Horrible isn’t it? It makes
you so vulnerable. It opens
your chest and it opens your
heart and it means that someone
can get inside you and mess you
up. You build up these defenses,
you build this whole suit of armor,
so that nothing can hurt you,
then one stupid person, no
different from any other
stupid person, wanders into
your stupid life. You give them
a piece of you. They didn’t ask
for it. They do something dumb
one day, like kiss you or smile at
you, and then your life isn’t your
own any more. Love takes
hostages. It gets inside you. It
eats you out and leaves you
crying in the darkness, working
its way into your heart. It hurts.
Not just in the imagination. Not
just in the mind. It’s a soul hurt,
a body hurt, a real gets inside
you and rips you apart pain. I
hate love."
