Tess Barnett > Quotes

“With nothing else to take up his time, Scott resigned himself to spending the afternoon pretending he was going to do the laundry. In reality, he took a nap, forced himself to eat his last apple, and put on a movie on Netflix, then counted all the odd numbers from 511 up to 627 and backwards by threes to distract himself from the thought of swallowing all of his remaining pills.”
― Tess Barnett, Left Undone

“What was the point of so much medication, of therapy, of feeling nothing and wanting nothing and fighting to sleep at night just so that he could wake up ready for bed again?”
― Tess Barnett, Left Undone