Brooke Beyfuss > Quotes

“No one wants to fall into a hole, but once you do, you better hope that hole sticks around to let you out. Fighting only makes you weak.”
― Brooke Beyfuss, After We Were Stolen

“I’d spent my whole life being hacked and gouged into a workable chunk while he was carefully sanded into something much softer. His edges weren’t as rough.”
― Brooke Beyfuss, After We Were Stolen

“But knowing when to accept help is just as important as knowing how to take care of yourself.”
― Brooke Beyfuss, After We Were Stolen

“Humanity wasn’t dying. It was already dead. The outside people—not all of them, but most—were more programmed than I was. I could still feel, still sense there was more to the world than myself. But these people existed in a bubble, shadowy figures in their own little haven where they could do what they wanted and say what they pleased with no thought to what it might do to someone else.”
― Brooke Beyfuss, After We Were Stolen

“Little tip from me to you… don’t let people feel sorry for you. It feels good at first, but when those pity party invites start going out, you’ll be the only one who shows up.”
― Brooke Beyfuss