There are so many things that I want so badly to tell you but I just can't.
Nina LaCour, Hold Still.
“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”
“dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything to everyone.”
“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think 'it will be okay if it can j...”
“You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.”
“I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course I knew about being sad. Maybe that's the reason I saved all the things I thought were pretty.”
“He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to think!' I, for the first time, see what the big deal is about Shakespeare.”
“He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.”
“I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.”
“Regrets came up and asked me if Id like to own them. Declined them for the most part but took a few just so I wouldnt leave this relationship empty handed.”
“July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff...Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for...”
“A book is a suicide postponed.”
“How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?”