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“Some folks got a light around them that shine for other peoples. I think that maybe some of them was in tunnels, and in that tunnel, maybe the only light they had was inside of them. And then, even...”
“These dogs didn't bother to bond with us, but stuck out their paws, not to shake hands but so we could slit their wrists and get it the hell over with. (p.51)”
“Sometimes you need to stop fighting to stop drowning”
“I couldnt trust my own mind anymore, which wasthe scariest thing Ive ever experienced.”
“Who am I? They often tell me I would step from my cell's confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a squire from his country-house.Who am I? They often tell me I would talk to my warden freely a...”
“When others cannot find something to hold onto we can reach out and be their anchor in that moment.”
“I think Ill feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But thats fine. I have to make my peace with that.”
“I didnt want to fall in love. Looking at you gave me chills and kissing you made my knees weak. You made flowers grow and fill the space in my lungs which made it impossible for me to breathe. Im t...”
“Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it.”
“Im going inside of myself and never coming out.”
“In the lowest of lows you can learn the highest of highs, and that often when you get to the point of wanting to die, its because you already have and are truly aching to live.”
“May we live impossibly, Sebby said when he opened his eyes. Against all odds. May people look at us and wonder how such jewels can sparkle in the sad desert of the world. May we live the impossible...”
“I dont see how anyone can find happiness in this world.”
“I dont existmetal pressed to pagesspilling blood, inkin vein each thought ragesSunlight shootingthrough a forest of pinesblack top windingand yellow dotted linesI am not hereonly a deep aching,a li...”
“Does this world feel like hell to you? Of course it does, because it is.”
“This is what I think now; that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness. I think also that in an adult the desire to be finer in grain than you are, "a constant striving" ...”
“Life without knowing your destiny leads to rat races, depression and frustration, and attempt to commit suicide”
“Ashtadukht slumped and let thenightingales song flood her brain. She knew that empty tone, that defeatedoutlook; she knew it intimately. Even now, it burned in her as limply as asnuffed flame. Pass...”
“I don't know why we take our worst moods so much more seriously than our best, crediting depression with more clarity than euphoria. We dismiss peak moments and passionate love affairs as an epheme...”
“Depression is a reality with everyone. Whats important is the ability to move on.”
