You’re always looking for something to be wrong with you.

Your mother has enough on her plate without you creating problems.

Stop seeking attention.

He got to the end of the list, and he stopped, and for a moment no one said anything.

“I used those words,” Mark said finally, to the floor, because he still could not look at her, “to force her into being quiet.

Not because I believed them.

Because her being quiet kept my secret safe.