223 quotes found
Writer · American
American writer
“In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We are corpses.At first, we sought rebirth. But resur...”
“Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do.”
“Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open?”
“Empty is the perfect state of being. Nothing inside to anchor you. Nothing inside to chain you down, keep you from living your dreams. Empty, almost weightless, you are an eyelash afloat on a blink...”
“Afraid to die loveless. Because I think if you die without knowing love in this life, that's how you'll spend eternity. Alone. Frozen. Do you think hell is fiery? I don't. I think hell is frozen.”
“Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.”
“Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last.”
“Why are we here? Is there, really, some intelligent design? Why do we cry for someone who leaves us, if there's some Grand Pearly Gate in the sky? Why worry about how we build our lives if the ulti...”
“Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.”
“Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit.”
“I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal ...”
“The problems with lies is they start to pile up, one on top of another, until it's hard to find your way out from under the heap.”
“I blamed the Bible,when its words were not at fault,only the way theyre interpretedby those too willingto wield them like chain saws,cutting others off at the knees.”
“I dont know449that much about the Bible, other than it waswritten thousands of years ago, which dilutesits relevance. However, I know its faithfulfollowers tend to cherry-pick verses to suittheir n...”
“...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?”
“Am I more afraidOf taking a chance andlearning I'm somebodyI don't know, or of risking new territory,only to find I'm the sameold me? There is comfortin the tried and true.Breaking groundmight unco...”
“Love is more than blind. It's brain-dead.”
“Anger is easier than forgiveness.”
“We kissed for aboutthe thousandth time,No promises,no demands,Just solid rebuildingof shattered trust.”
“One kiss, I was totally hooked.”
