“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest & it opens up your heart & it means that someone can get inside you & mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you; then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life - you give them a piece of you. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore.” - Neil Gaiman