“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“in my life is all in my brain, really, so it would be natural that when my brain was screwed up, everything in my life would be.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“I should be happy, but instead I feel nothing. I feel a lot of nothing these days. I've cried a few times, but mostly I'm empty, as if whatever makes me feel and hurt and laugh and love has been surgically removed, leaving me hollowed out like a shell.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“Like I'm on the verge of just blowing up. All the stress and pressure and anxiety just bubbling up.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
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