Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.

“The truth is, you can never really know a man until you've loaned him money. An…”

“You have no chose but to assume it's your fault, that you're unlovable. And the…”

“I saw the animal's body tense expectantly as he saw the treat in my palm. Unfor…”

“Spectacles, on that strong-featured face…and his hair mussed as if he had been …”