There’s no right answer, no magic word that’ll help, you know? One day, it just hurts a little less, and it goes on like that. Getting a little better at a time. It never goes away but it does stop hurting as much, eventually.”
“We can look at the darkness and let it consume us, or we can recognize that it’s only temporary, trusting that once it passes, the light will return,”
― The Blood Traitor
― The Blood Traitor
“Sometimes the people who act like they don’t care are really the ones who care the most. They feel so much that it overwhelms them, and to keep from falling apart, they hide behind easy smiles and quick laughter, acting like nothing matters. It’s a defense mechanism, a way to protect themselves from the world. A way to keep from getting hurt.”
― The Gilded Cage
― The Gilded Cage
“Time didn’t necessarily make the pain disappear entirely, but it sanded the sharp edges.”
― All the Little Raindrops
― All the Little Raindrops
“Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”
― Birthday Girl
― Birthday Girl
“I understand the way the brain can fundamentally fuck with every other aspect of your body; the way your emotions can distort things—emotions you didn’t even know you had. The way those emotions can make it impossible to see clearly, think clearly, do anything clearly. The way they can make you hurt from your head down to your fingertips, a dull, throbbing, constant pain that never goes away.”
― A Flicker in the Dark
― A Flicker in the Dark
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