Destroyed

...but Wynne says otherwise.

I agree with her, not because it is the rational choice. I would like to believe that someday, we will be together. I do not care how long it takes or how treacherous the path may be. If this is the only way that will bring me back to your arms, then so be it.

Morphling

Saw this at work today:

“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”
-John W. Gardner

Does "self" include your alter-ego who is supposedly mad at you for killing her one true love?