when georges bataille wrote, âno greater desire exists than a wounded personâs need for another woundâ & when gillian flynn wrote, âa child weaned on poison considers harm a comfortâ & when ocean vuong wrote, âsometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that youâve been ruinedâ & when lisa m. basile wrote, âdid you inherit a sickness? did you blame god? do you believe in god? do you believe in yourself? are you still on fire? did you ever put out the fire?â & when stephen a. guirgis wrote, âwhy didn't you make me good enough so that you couldâve loved me?â