‘I read an analogy of depression,’ Meg said, as they steadied, wiping under her eyes with a floppy cuff. ‘About how killing yourself is like jumping out of a tall building when it’s on fire. You don’t want to jump out, but bit by bit, it
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“This big ol' world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, you ask me.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“In the dark, you could never be too black. In the dark, everyone was the same color.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“A body could be labeled but a person couldn’t, and the difference between the two depended on that muscle in your chest. That beloved organ, not sentient, not aware, not feeling, just pumping along, keeping you alive.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“She never felt darker than when she was running, and at the same time, she never felt less black, less anything.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
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