Laura

“That One Man (from The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye)

There is always that one man
who you can't avoid
that one face that becomes the only
representative of
Heaven.”
― Merrit Malloy

“There are some people
who would rather be right than happy,
as though making a point
was more fun than having a good time

These are the people
who will risk their lives to get the last laugh
even when it isn't funny”
― Merrit Malloy, The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye

“She thought men were saviors...
...And she looked for more in them than what they were...
Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her...

And isn't that the most tragic lie...
The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it...?

She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was...
She was like a party that no one ever went to...
Like a cure...without a disease...

And isn't that the greatest fear of all...to be ready with the answers
to questions that no one asks anymore?”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“One of the first things we have to let go of is not being able to let go of anybody.”
― Merrit Malloy, The People Who Didn't Say Goodbye