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❝ 1. Don't believe the green-eyed boy's flowery words at midnight. He doesn't want to save you. He wants to devour you with a starved mouth, bones and flesh and spirit. If his hand crawls up your skirt, break it.

2. Don't listen to your father. He's forced you to sing for a lifetime, little bird, but now the cage is open, and you can fly free.

3. Don't forget your mother. She'll fill her room with saltwater when she realizes you're gone, but she'll understand that you've finally done what she's so afraid to do. Call her on Tuesday.

4. Don't worry about your sister. You may be made of porcelain, but she came into this world with steel skin. She'll make it out alive.

5. Don't trust that damned voice in your head, a bitter whisper that sounds too much like your father to have any real power over you. Don't let that secret fear locked inside your chest keep you from packing that open suitcase and walking out the goddamn door. You need this. You're ready. It's time to live, instead of merely being alive. ❞

- 5 Don'ts (starredsoul.tumblr.com)

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