“I didn't have the luxury of taking reality for granted. And I wouldn't say I hated people who did, because that's just about everyone. I didn't hate them. They didn't live in my world.
But that never stopped me from wishing I lived in theirs.”
― Made You Up
But that never stopped me from wishing I lived in theirs.”
― Made You Up
“And I was realizing that it was pretty terrible to be sitting in silence with someone who you always used to have something to say to”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
“In a well-ordered universe...”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
“Believing something existed and then finding out it didn't was like reaching the top of the stairs and thinking there was one more step.”
― Made You Up
― Made You Up
“This felt like the way you get nervous right before something exciting happens-the moment when you're balanced on the top of the roller coaster, the hush before the surprise party, the second after the diving board but before the water, when you can close your eyes and imagine, for just a second, that you're flying. The feeling that good things were coming, almost here, any moment now.”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
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