Susan Alexander

"I never had a choice about anything."

"The best moments of my life were before I met him."

"I realized too late that I didn't love him."

"He loved the idea of me, not the real me."

"I could have been something on my own."

"My voice was my only true possession."

"I gave him everything, and he gave me a cage."

"Sometimes I think about running away."

"He never understood that I had dreams too."

"The whole world became my audience, but I was alone."

"I thought success would make me happy."

"It only made me more miserable."

"He wanted me to be perfect, but perfection is empty."

"I learned that you can't buy love with a fortune."

"My voice deserved better than to be his trophy."

"I wish I had the courage to leave earlier."

"Loving someone who doesn't truly see you is devastating."

"I became what he wanted, and lost myself in the process."

"The opera house was beautiful, but it was a mausoleum."

"He thought he could purchase my happiness."

"I learned that grand gestures aren't the same as love."

"My dreams died the day I married him."

"I was a person with talents, but he made me a possession."

"The applause meant nothing when my heart was broken."

"He needed me more than I needed him."

"I realized that strength isn't about staying in a bad situation."

"I should have run away when I still had the chance."

"Love without respect is just control."

"I wanted to be loved for who I was, not what I could do."

"He collected me like he collected everything else."