Always.Dreaming *ReadToEscapeLife*

“the cold curve of the laser-engraved graphite. I gaze at those implacable start and finish dates, that I wish I’d been warned about. It’d be very useful if everyone in your life could supply those. You could pace yourself.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Don’t You Forget About Me

“There is nothing like young love. It comes at a time before the heart knows to protect itself, when everything important is raw and exposed—the perfect environment for a soul-sucking, heart-crushing burst. It burns brightest, hits hardest, and touches deepest. It’s why Facebook flames erupt two decades later between high school sweethearts. Between two naive and innocent souls, anything can happen. Soulmates or Tragedy. And sometimes, both.”
― A.R. Torre, The Ghostwriter

“There are always those worse off than you. Your problems are not invalid as a result, or needing to be measured against an internationally recognised pain scale before we decide if your condition is severe enough to treat.’)”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Don’t You Forget About Me

“You loved me – then what right had you to leave me? Because … nothing God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart – you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Don't You Forget About Me