Sean McGee

“You wanted to die and now you don’t.’ It dawned on Nora that Mrs Elm might be close to having a point, although not quite the whole point. ‘Well, I still think my actual life isn’t worth living. In fact, this experience has just managed to confirm that.’ She shook her head. ‘I don’t think you think that.’ ‘I do think that. That’s why I said it.’ ‘No. The Book of Regrets is getting lighter. There’s a lot of white space in there now . . . It seems that you have spent all your life saying things that you aren’t really thinking. This is one of your barriers.’ ‘Barriers?”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library