"i would do it all again, exactly the same, this is why: i've learned that being honest is better than being comfortable, i've learned how to force the words up and out of my mouth, even when if felt like it was going to hurt. i've learned how to not be intimidated by my fire, but how to use it. i've learned the exquisite feeling of desiring someone else's happiness more than my own. i've learned how to believe you when you tell me i'm beautiful. i've learned how to give myself away, and somehow i haven't lost anything at all. i owe so much maturity to our mistakes, beautiful, damning hindsight, and the irony of it all."