Early Durham

“As they approach true mastery of the Art of Starving, students will see that eating disorders are merely one part of a broad spectrum of self-harm. Cutting, addiction, suicidal ideation. These are all ways to assert your power. To prove that you're not weak. To show you're strong enough to control your own destiny by destroying yourself.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“When I feel blue
I cope with red

And the sad part is
you completely get
what I just said”
― Y.B.

“In the great scheme of things, we were nothing more than two people who had passed each other while walking through their lives. Couples broke up every day, and we were not special in that regard either. You cried yourself to sleep then woke up and went to work. When you repeated the cycle enough times, one day you woke up and suddenly it didn’t matter all that much. New people walked alongside you and eventually, you forgot the ones you left behind.”
― Ella Maise, Marriage for One

“They were there, just in case--and it scares me that I might kind of understand”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be