Gilly

"We are all prisoners in our own way."

"I don't believe in redemption anymore."

"The strongest people are those who've suffered and survived."

"I've seen what power does to people, and it's never good."

"Sometimes the only choice is the lesser evil."

"I don't ask for much—just to be left alone."

"The past is a prison we carry with us."

"I've learned to be grateful for small mercies."

"There is no such thing as a happy ending for people like us."

"I've made peace with my demons."

"The world doesn't care about our dreams."

"I've learned that family is what we choose, not what we're born into."

"Trust is the rarest commodity in this world."

"Sometimes I wonder if I'm even real anymore."

"The scars we carry tell the story of who we are."

"I've seen too much to unsee it."

"Life is what you make of it, even when choices are limited."

"I don't fear death anymore; I've learned that fear is the real killer."

"The free folk understand what southerners never will."

"Every scar is a story of survival."

"I've learned that love can exist in the darkest places."

"The world will break you if you let it."

"I don't have the luxury of innocence anymore."

"Change is the only constant in this world."

"I've stopped asking why and started asking what's next."

"The bonds we forge in hardship are unbreakable."

"I'm not the person I used to be, and I'm grateful for that."

"Sometimes survival is its own reward."

"I've learned that hope is dangerous but necessary."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will destroy you."