“And maybe the black slug will always live inside of me. Maybe I'll always have bad days where the heaviness seems unbearable. But as cheesy as it sounds, maybe the good days will make it worth getting through the bad ones.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
“A lot of the time I don’t understand what I’m doing here. In life, I mean. I’m not saying that I wish I were dead or anything. Most of the time, I’m glad for the opportunity to be alive. I’m just not sure what I’m supposed to be doing with it. I think my purpose is to be a writer: to craft beautiful sentences that change the way people view the world, to create something meaningful outside of myself. That’s what I think a lot of the time. But then sometimes I wonder if I just made that up in order to make myself feel like I have a reason for taking up space.”
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“Everything is subjective in the human mind. Our emotions, our opinions, they're all relative. It all depends on perspective.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
“To be honest, she may be kind of scared of the register. Or maybe she can’t add. She is a Christian. I don’t think they believe in math.”
― Anatomy of a Misfit
― Anatomy of a Misfit
“My change of heart isn't about flaking out; it's about fighting back.”
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
― My Heart and Other Black Holes
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