23 quotes found
“Everyone's always scared for someone else's generation”
“Being a woman, in this world, ultimately makes you crazy.”
“Who cares what a writer looks like as long as their words are beautiful?”
“Maybe all you needed in life was the belief you could change things. Somehow. Some way.”
“Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of”
“Time can be strange sometimes. It can leave imprints in particular places, leaving ghosts of memories trapped.”
“I want you to promise me that you'll stop comparing yourself to everyone else.' 'What?' I broke off the hug, not understanding. 'You. Evelyn. You're always like, 'I wish I coulld be like this' or '...”
“She has her own brand of strength,brought to the surface by the dim glow of the streetlight and the whisper of night air on her skin.”
“Do you think maybe your writing isn't going anymore because you're unhappy? Because you're not living the life you could? A life worth writing about? You must know that cliche-write what you know-b...”
“Writing's much more romantic when its pen and ink and paper. It's... More timeless. and worthwhile. Think about it. There are so many words gushing out into the universe these days. All digitally. ...”
“Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.”
“Maybe there in a set amount of crying your body needs to deal with any trauma. Theres a certain water-level of tears you need to shed until you can find acceptance or move on or whatever. And, if y...”
“Though the world was hazy, all I could think about was love. And how I'd never had it. How I would never understand what it felt like to fall asleep knowing another person was thinking of you. I wo...”
“Trauma. It doesn't eke itself out over time. It doesn't split itself manageably into bite-sized chunks and distribute itself equally throughout your life.Trauma is all or nothing. A tsunami wave of...”
“I've never seen anyone get so excited by breakfast before.""Are you serious? It's the most important meal of the day. Sometimes, at bedtime, I plan what I'm going to make for breakfast and then get...”
“Yes, well, rein it in, Prom King. British people have been successfully repressing our emotions since before your country was even a thing.”
“Because now mental health disorders have gone mainstream. And for all the good its brought people like me who have been given therapy and stuff, theres a lot of bad its brought too.Because now peop...”
“Mental illnesses grab you by the leg, screaming, and chow you down whole.They make you selfish. They make you irrational. They make you irrational. They make you self-absorbed. They make you needy....”
“It was like I'd climbed Everest, had the summit in my sight, the flag in my hand, all ready to pierce it into the top of the mountain and say, "Whoopdedoo, I made it," and then an avalanche from ou...”
“Because now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks. "Oooh, I like my pens in a line, I'm so OCD."NO YOU'RE FUCKING NOT."Oh my God, I was so nervous about that presentation, ...”
