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“Avoidance has always been my coping mechanism. If I don’t think about it, it doesn’t matter. My day goes on.”
― K.M. Moronova, The Fabric of Our Souls

“Just because you’re easily pleased, doesn’t mean you deserve anything less than everything.”
― I.I.E., Dear Ana

“Pain in the body quiets the pain in the head. Its like a kill-switch for your brain”
― Penelope Douglas

“I like reading books when I’m not dying inside.”
― K.M. Moronova, The Fabric of Our Souls

“I think you’d be really easy to love,” she says. It’s a lax, whispered compliment, one she doesn’t know sounds like a gunshot in my head, hitting me straight in the chest.”
― Peyton Corinne, Unloved

“Sometimes the word fuck is really satisfying to say.”
― Monica Murphy, A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime

“Abuse can feel like love.”
“Abuse can feel like love…Why?”
Damon remained so still it didn’t look like he was breathing. He looked at the teacher, unwavering. “Starving people will eat anything.”
― Penelope Douglas, Nightfall

“The Fabric of our Souls is thin and worn. We must be gentle and love tirelessly.”
― K.M. Moronova, The Fabric of Our Souls

“I've been screaming for years and no one has ever heard me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“For the broken ones who are in need of something dark, morbid, and beautiful.”
― K.M. Moronova, The Fabric of Our Souls

“I’m so proud of you,” I whisper. “I know it takes a lot for you to ask for help. But I’m so proud.”
― Peyton Corinne, Unsteady

“I wanted to stop being a disappointment to those who didn’t understand the battle I was having with my brain.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Loneliness is a strange sort of thing.
It creeps on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark, strokes by your hair as you sleep. It wraps itself around your bones, squeezing so tight you almost can't breathe. It leaves lies in your heart, lies next to you at night, leaches the light out of every corner. It's a constant companion, clasping your hand only to yank you down when you're struggling to stand up.
You wake up in the morning and wonder who you are. You fail to fall asleep at night and tremble in your skin. You doubt you doubt you doubt.
do I
don't I
should I
why won't I
And even when you're ready to let go. When you're ready to break free. When you're ready to be brand-new. Loneliness is an old friend stand beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life without it. You can't find the words to fight yourself, to fight the words screaming that you're not enough never enough never ever enough.
Loneliness is a bitter, wretched companion.
Sometimes it just won't let go.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“Ignite, my love. Ignite.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“People who are wound that tight are unpredictable.”
― Penelope Douglas, Hideaway

“For the hopeless, and hopeful, romantics who don’t know they’re noticed in a crowded room.”
― liana cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“I love being the person they shove in the shadows … I thrive there. We can do whatever we want inside of the shadows. It’s where I belong. Our invisibility doesn’t make us weak, Little Thief … it gives us power.”
― Monty Jay, The Lies We Steal

“When you want to make an impression and you think you’ve gone far enough, go a little further. Always leave them wondering if you’re just a little bit crazy, and people will never fuck with you again.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Our scrapes and bruises, tattoos, scars, smiles, and wrinkles told our stories,”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“The shy ones tend to be the baddest after all.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Own who you are,” he commanded. “And don’t apologize. Do you understand? Own it or it
will own you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“She lives in between the pinks and yellows of the world, where a beautiful color is unknown to others, and when she speaks, I become a bee enthralled in a field of daisies.”
― Liana Cincotti, Picking Daisies on Sundays

“This is black; fear, falling, release...excitement, risk, danger...
And at any moment, death.
Freedom.”
― Penelope Douglas

“Aaron Warner Anderson, chief commander and regent of Sector 45, son of the supreme commander of The Reestablishment.

He has a soft spot for fashion.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Malnourished hearts will feast on anything that resembles love.”
― Monty Jay, The Blood We Crave: Part One

“To the morally grey and the villains we love within it.”
― Monty Jay, The Blood We Crave: Part Two

“Don't change." Kiss. "Don't be fake." Kiss. "Be you." Kiss. "Be my beautiful Green.”
― Rina Kent, Black Knight

“Okay, maybe mope around is the wrong word. I’m sulking like a whore without clients.”
― Rina Kent, Vicious Prince