“When I look back at those years, I feel touched and almost pained by the simplicity of the life I was living, because I knew what I had to do, and I did it, that was all.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Can you love my brain even when it is small? When it is malevolent? When it is violent? Can you love it even when it does not love me?”
― Alone With You in the Ether
― Alone With You in the Ether
“You ache. You ache all over. You are aching to be you, but you're scared of what it means to do so.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate.
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
“I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn’t change, I forgot the most important thing.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
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