Fear of pain, death, but most importantly fear that I would disappear inside myself and never resurface. I don’t know where I have gone, you see. I don’t know where the person that used to be me is any more. It’s as if I have become
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“Maybe we’d all be much more effective communicators if we all shut up more.”
― Boy Swallows Universe
― Boy Swallows Universe
“Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.”
― The Long Winter
― The Long Winter
“The downside is life is short and has to end. The upside is it comes with bread, wine and books.”
― Boy Swallows Universe
― Boy Swallows Universe
“Fear of pain, death, but most importantly fear that I would disappear inside myself and never resurface. I don’t know where I have gone, you see. I don’t know where the person that used to be me is any more. It’s as if I have become nothing, like I have been living outside society even though I am within it. My life has felt so inconsequential, as if it doesn’t matter what happens to me. I have become invisible. Very often I speak but no one hears me.”
― What Have I Done?
― What Have I Done?
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