So did they deserve you?

Did he, did any of them, deserve you? I mean it's true that you might have deserved attention, you might have deserved a night out, but what about them? Did they deserve you and your energy and your time? Had they worked to be with you, to earn a place in your heart?

I think you deserve a man who isn't afraid of you, and who isn't afraid of everything that brought you pain, and who will face that pain with you, no matter how ugly it is....

--Asha Bandele