Because somewhere underneath, a part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and – no matter how much we despised ourselves for it – unable quite to let each other go.
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“like a lot of radicalized people, they believed they were doing the right thing, for some sort of higher purpose. So much so that they could excuse all the wrong things they did in their cause.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
“Life is nothing how he expected it would be when he was young and living under the delusion that things could be controlled. Nothing can be controlled. Only endured.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“The Alcoholic’s Dilemma. We drink because we feel pain. The drinking kills the pain. When the drink wears off we feel more pain, so we drink more to kill it, which makes us feel more, so we drink more. And thus it goes until you either stop or die. But stopping hurts too much. And so. And so. I go.”
― Katerina
― Katerina
“You just have to keep telling us there’ll be more moments.”
― He'll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men
― He'll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men
“Truth has a habit of simply being the truth. The only real choice you have is whether to believe it or not.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
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