Emily

“And I know I struggle with rejection, so I don’t give people the chance to reject me. I search for physical connections with people to feel validated, because I need someone else to prove to me that I’m wanted. So I call myself self aware because I know those things about myself, but in reality, I don’t know anything about myself. I say I’m my own person, but every choice I make is because of something someone else did. That isn’t being my own person.”
― Hannah Grace, After Who? Artist Michael Jackson

“You are brave. We live in a society that tells us our parents are the greatest thing we will ever have and will ever lose, and you just—I don’t even know. You’re putting yourself first anyway. That’s brave.”
― Hannah Grace, Wildfire

“But secrecy as survival has been a big part of my life. It goes back to childhood, of course.”
― Alex Scott, How (Not) To Be Strong

“She has a big heart, but it’s bruised. When you spend a long time self-destructing, sometimes your pieces don’t fit back together quite right. She’s gonna need time and patience.”
― Hannah Grace, Wildfire