You can't stop being who you are because someone else thinks it's too much, Ind. He can go find less.

“One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison.”

'It is all right,' she said, 'so long as you leave again.' She felt an odd hitch in her chest as she said it. It had been so long since she had spoken to another person, and she had not come even close to using all the words that she had stored up. She did not want him to leave. She did not want him to stay.

I'm willing and able. If you wanna kick this rock around. If you've got a bone to pick with me. If you've got a flag, plant it in the ground. Oh, I'll stay here 'til morning. Oh, we can fight like we used to fight. Bony-limbed, red-faced, and teary-eyed. Under the glow of the TV light. I'd be willing and able.