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So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.
“Last night scared me, how calm I felt, thinking about killing myself. The S word”
― How to Make Friends with the Dark
― How to Make Friends with the Dark
“Seems I’m the type to pick at a scab until it bleeds, then peel back the skin to see what’s underneath. The kind of curious that invites self-destruction.”
― Black Sheep
― Black Sheep
“What I do know, what I’ve learned the hard way, is that we don’t get to choose our parents or the circumstances we’re born into. We can’t change our blood. But it shouldn’t determine our fate. It doesn’t. We still get to choose who we are, who we want to be.”
― Black Sheep
― Black Sheep
“What is love if not the desire to be there during someone’s lowest moments? What use does it have if we refuse to let the people closest to us share in our suffering when it matters most?”
― Just Friends
― Just Friends
“Strange how within all of us is a compulsion to run both away from and toward danger. Survival instinct and self-destruction. Curiosity, deviousness, boredom, desire . . . They can all override evolution. What did those cavemen run for, anyway? What was the point?”
― Black Sheep
― Black Sheep
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