He wasn’t a good person, but I painted him to be and since I painted it, I believed it.

— Dominic Riccitello

He wasn’t my boyfriend, but he was something. Someone who made a positive impact on my life regardless of the negative. He changed my perspective for the better and made me who I am in this very second. I appreciate, cherish, and thank him for it; and I will for this life and into any life that may come.

— Dominic Riccitello

His eyes said what I cannot see.

— Dominic Riccitello

His love was a poison: soft and loveable, hideous yet touchable.

— Dominic Riccitello

His whisper was the softest sound I ever knew, which seemed to bring the loudest heartbeat.

— Dominic Riccitello

How can you be afraid to live yet scared to die?

— Dominic Riccitello

How you react to a situation says more about you than you know.

— Dominic Riccitello

I became to understand you and all of you.

— Dominic Riccitello

I believe we were right for each other, but not at that moment, which perhaps hindered any possibility of a future.

— Dominic Riccitello

I danced as he twirled in and out of consciousness, and there we were, one in love and the other astray.

— Dominic Riccitello