Julie Anne Peters > Quotes

“Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.”
― Julie Anne Peters, Keeping You a Secret

“No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“...the man of my dreams is a girl.”
― Julie Anne Peters, Keeping You a Secret

“Everyone's a liar. Everyone I've ever known.”
― Julie Ann Peters

“I hear you. I just don't believe a word you say.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Everything seems to be working." Except me. I'm broken.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I've never been afraid of the dark. I'm more afraid of the day, of people. I love the night. The solitude. Well, I don't love it. I don't feel love. I hate people, so I hope when I get there it isn't crowded. I hope the light is a momentary phenomenon and the other side is completely black. And silent.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Stop trying to save me. You couldn't then; you can't now.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Never question the sanity of a woman who can render you defenseless with a look.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Miracles don't happen. You make them happen. They're not wishes or dreams or candles on a cake. They're not impossible. Reality is real. It's totally and completely under my control.”
― Julie Anne Peters, Far from Xanadu

“There's no reason to speak. I have nothing to say.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I'm sorry you don't get it, Mom. Sometimes I don't get why I do the things I do. I just know I wake up every morning and wish I was dead.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“The best thing about coming out is, it's totally liberating. You feel like you've made this incredible discovery about yourself and you want to share it and be open and honest and not spend all your time wondering how is this person going to react, or should I be careful around this person, or what will the neighbors say? And it's more. It's about getting past the question of what's wrong with me, to knowing there's nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live with dignity and show people your pride.”
― Julie Anne Peters, Keeping You a Secret

“But you'd sell your soul for it, wouldn't you? For one day of feeling beautiful.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I may be fat and ugly, but I'm not stupid. If anyone had ever gotten past my looks, they might've noticed I have a brain.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I had to fight so hard not to cry.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“What can happen in a few minutes changes you forever.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Why are people so cruel? What did I ever do to them?”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“There's always a way out. All you have to do is take it.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I wish I could tell my parents, " If you want to help me, help me die.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal my dignity.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I just want the pain to end.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“Would I cheat to save my soul?
No.
But to save my G.P.A.?
Yes.”
― Julie Anne Peters, Luna

“I don't sleep. All night long I'm wide awake, thinking, Secrets, secrets, secrets. There are secrets in my past no one needs to know. Secrets in my present that might kill Kim and Chip. I don't want to take my secrets with me when I go. When I pass through the light, i want to be free of everything and everyone.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I have no intent. I have no reason to live, that's all. When I'm gone, I don't want to be remembered.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

“I'm scared. What will tomorrow bring? It has to be better than today. It has to.”
― Julie Anne Peters, By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead