Mechie

“I falter, my throat closing around the secrets, around the dark memories. My body is reluctant to release them, but I have to. I’m not holding onto this trauma. It’s holding onto me. It has me in a vise grip. I have to get it out to move on.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Hook Shot

“I bite my bottom lip until it hurts, and I love it. It’s a hurt I can control. I can turn it on. I can turn it off. If I bite hard enough, I’ll see the marks of my teeth. I prefer that to the pain that spreads over my body when I least expect it. That’s a pain I can’t stop—can’t control. And it’s invisible. Untraceable, but lately, it’s hurting me just the same.

I can’t see it. I can’t find it. I can’t fix it.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Hook Shot

“But religion, as it’s tossed around now, has so little compassion. So little humanity, and faith is first human.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Hook Shot

“Funny how the words he doesn't say can sting more than the ones he does.”
― Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go