- “We know what it’s like to confuse chaos with chemistry, to call pain passion, to lose ourselves in the trenches of toxic love.” (Intro)
- “Survival was never the endgame. Healing is.” (Intro)
- “I learned to perform worthiness like it was a talent show, smiling through rejection while my soul screamed for love.” (Ch.2 – Blueprint)
- “When you grow up in abandonment, you don’t chase love — you chase relief.” (Ch.2 – Blueprint)
- “ I wasn’t just losing myself; I was auctioning off pieces of my soul to the highest bidder of dysfunction.” (Ch.7 – Lost Soul)
- “Side-chick culture had me mistaking scraps for meals, convincing myself crumbs were a feast.” (Ch.7 – Lost Soul)
- “I became emotionally detached, wearing detachment like armor while secretly bleeding underneath.” (Ch.7 – Lost Soul)
- “Loving him was like relapsing on a drug I swore I’d quit — and every hit cost me more of myself.” (Ch.10 – Return to Home Base)
- “Fantasy will always collapse under the weight of reality, and my illusion of ‘home base’ finally crumbled.” (Ch.10 – Return to Home Base)
- “I wasn’t grieving a man; I was grieving the death of the love story I built in my head.” (Ch.10 – Return to Home Base)