“But, sometimes, especially late at night, when only the wind is awake with my thoughts, I feel an urgent need. I think of lacing up my tennis shoes and stepping out the door, already in a half run. I think of running and running forever, until I become part of the night sky. -The Art of Leaving”
― Broad River Review
― Broad River Review
“People are too much sometimes. Friends, acquaintances, enemies, strangers. It doesn’t matter; they all crowd. Even if they’re all the way across the room, they crowd. I take a moment of silence and think: I am here. I am okay.”
― Eliza and Her Monsters
― Eliza and Her Monsters
“We isolated ourselves, because it hurt less.”
― Sing You Home
― Sing You Home
“Running away was not like it was in stories. People did not try and stop you. They did not give chase. The thing people didn't understand was that you had to decide what you were running away from. Most of the time it wasn't mothers or fathers or monsters or villains; most of the time you were running away from that little voice inside your head, the one telling you to stay where you are, that everything will turn out all right.”
― The Toymakers
― The Toymakers
“Something in her past that makes her want to tear things to shreds.”
― Dept. of Speculation
― Dept. of Speculation
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