realized that no matter what he had done to me, I would always be the one unpacking that night, wondering what I might have said or done differently.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“In America, where surface has always passed for substance, people always believe guys like Frank Dunning.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“So, yes, I was jealous of him—because it will always be easy for him. And he will never know what it is to look up at the night sky and wish.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“I think a trauma doesn’t stop just because you’ve been rescued.”
― The Butterfly Garden
― The Butterfly Garden
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