“We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin.”
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“I feel like I’m broken—like I don’t fit together anymore. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like I should just check out.”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“Did you ever think about all of the nights you lived through and can't remember The ones that were so mundane your brain just didn't bother to record them. Hundreds, maybe thousands of nights come and go without being preserved by our memory. Does that ever freak you out? Like maybe your mind recorded all of the wrong nights?”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“My life will get better? You really believe that?" I ask.
“It can. If you’re willing to do the work.”
“What work?”
“Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“It can. If you’re willing to do the work.”
“What work?”
“Not letting the world destroy you. That’s a daily battle.”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness.”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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