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“Going to the movies? Fuck that! You have to sit with fucking asshole strangers and you never know which one has a fucking cold or what fuck is going to bring a fucking crying baby.”
― The Good Luck of Right Now
― The Good Luck of Right Now
“This was, I would later realise, a planet of things wrapped inside things. Food inside wrappers. Bodies inside clothes. Contempt inside smiles. Everything was hidden away.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“If you were mine, I'd make you pierce it, just because,”
― Catch a Ghost
― Catch a Ghost
“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.
I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”
― Crush
I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”
― Crush
“Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want much company. Others' experiences did help with my emotional struggle...”
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
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