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“I wanted them all equally, but I craved them for different reasons. Houston challenged me, Loren worshiped me, and Rich made me feel like I was worthy of redemption.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“The cracks were there, but I was no longer afraid of them. Instead, they served as a reminder that love wasn’t meant to be a pristine affair. It was meant to be messy and meant to hurt, but it would always mend if it’s true.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“Pain isn’t singular. We’re not alone, no matter how much it seems that way. Someone out there feels it too, and if we ever meet, we could bring our broken pieces together. We could bind them and form one heart.” He looked into her brown eyes. “We could be Bound.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“I could never have all three of them. I didn’t factor in Loren’s volatility, Houston’s mistrust, and the secrets Rich was apparently keeping.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“I didn’t like anyone seeing what was mine unless his name was Houston Morrow or Loren James.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“Lose Yourself—Eminem Monsters—Shinedown Dear God—XTC Down with the Sickness—Disturbed Love and War—Fleurie Headstrong—Trapt I Want It That Way—Backstreet Boys Sober—Tool Angels Fall—Breaking Benjamin Black is the Soul—Korn Polyamorous—Breaking Benjamin Best Thing I Never Had—Beyoncé Bed of Lies—Nicki Minaj ft Skylar Grey Apologize—Timbaland ft OneRepublic Spastik—Plastikman Basiel—Amelie Lens Oh Bondage! Up Yours!—X Ray Spex Open Your Eyes—Disturbed Bring Me to Life—Evanescence So What—Pink Light My Fire—The Doors”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“Sometimes pissing off the people you love is how you do them the most good in the end.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“The problem with glass was that it shattered under pressure.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“Because his touch felt like finding home, and I was too easily won.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“In the age of social media, you weren’t angry or grieving unless you posted about it online. Our instincts dictated we run to strangers on the internet the moment we experience pain, to tell the world how deeply gutted we are over the loss of our loved ones—as if the multitude of absentminded apologies and offers of prayers would actually mend the rip.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“And there lies the problem with our inherited human nature. We only bothered to take care of one another when it was too goddamn late.”
― B.B. Reid, Lilac

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It dominates. There’s not much I can do about it. Trust me. It doesn’t go away. It’s there whether I like it or not. It’s there when I eat. When I go to bed. It’s there when I sleep. It’s there when I wake up. It’s always there. Always.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“On the nights I can’t sleep, like that one, like so many recently, I wish I could just turn my mind off like a lamp.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Depression is a serious illness. It’s physically painful, debilitating. And you can’t just decide to get over it in the same way you can’t just decide to get over cancer. Sadness is a normal human condition, no different from happiness. You wouldn’t think of happiness as an illness.”
― Iain Reid, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

“You also know things are real when they can be lost.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Maybe the end was written right from the beginning."
(P. 1)”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Every story is made up. Even the real ones.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“I should have told someone. But I didn’t. I didn’t think it was anything significant until it was.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Never get involved. That's my motto. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as oportunity.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“Day after day, anxiety spun its web around my thoughts and spread to all corners of my heart.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“You can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

“In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.”
― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

“When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.’ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didn’t know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive.”
― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

“...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”
― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

“I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.”
― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

“If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.”
― Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier