Susan Alexander

"I could have been brave, but I was afraid."

"Real strength is in saying no to someone you love."

"I think freedom might be more valuable than love."

"He wanted to own me the way he owned his things."

"I learned that you can't sing your way out of unhappiness."

"Sometimes the kindest thing someone can do is let you go."

"I was his masterpiece, but I wanted to be my own creation."

"Life teaches you things that no education can."

"I wish I had known then what I know now about myself."

"The worst kind of power is power over another person's dreams."

"I was grateful once, but gratitude turned into resentment."

"He promised me the world, but he couldn't give me myself."

"I think the saddest thing is losing yourself in someone else."

"Real love doesn't ask you to be something you're not."

"I learned that even in a castle, you can feel like you're in a cage."

"The beauty of music is that it can express what words cannot."

"I was his greatest achievement and his greatest failure."

"Sometimes the most important journey is the one back to yourself."

"He thought money could buy happiness, but it just bought loneliness."

"I learned that a golden cage is still a cage."

"The truth about love is that it can hurt you in ways you never expected."

"I wish I had understood that my voice was my own, not his."

"Real strength is admitting when something has broken you."

"I think hope is what keeps us alive even when we're dying inside."

"He gave me everything except what I actually needed."

"I learned that you can be surrounded by people and still be alone."

"The hardest thing is forgiving yourself for staying too long."

"I was his greatest love and his most perfect prisoner."

"Sometimes the most beautiful things in life are the ones we have to let go of."

"I learned that love and possession are not the same thing."