Brooke Butler > Recent Status Updates

“‘They’re books, not decor,’ Phoebe says. Phoebe doesn’t have too many beliefs, but this is one of them.”

“Seems more plausible that Hell is some revenge fantasy concocted by unhappy people so they could punish all the happy people in their minds.”

“I just mean, a story can be beautiful not because of the way it ends. But because of the way it’s written.”

“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place.”

“You’re the Obi-Wan of oral.”

“You’re not Taylor Swift. No offense.”

“He looks at you like you hung the moon.”

“You’re like … Lay’s potato chips. You can’t eat just one.”

“Your brother didn’t imprint on me. I’m getting shades of Twilight here. I refuse to be the funky CGI baby in this equation.”

“Her eyes are my new favorite color”

“Before this moment, she never realized what a lonely job it was, protecting a fragile heart.”

“There was no word that existed in the English language that meant the opposite if lonely. Some came closer than others, but nothing did justice to the feeling of someone looking into your eyes and connecting with you on a soul deep level.”

“Elle loved herself, but what a feeling it must be, being loved by someone else exactly as you are, quirks and warts and all. She wouldn’t know.”

“Darcy might not have believed in astrology—most of it honestly went over her head, talk of houses and returns and interceptions—but she listened when Elle spoke about it because it may not have mattered to her but it sure as hell mattered to Elle.”

“Darcy met Elle’s glare, the ferocity of which was softened by a glossy dampness that replaced her urge to see Elle tangled up in sheets with the desire to wrap her up in something soft, a blanket, or Darcy’s favorite duvet. How … utterly bizarre.”

“Red, I love you. Red, I will send you letters from everywhen telling you so, letters of only one word, letters that will brush your cheek and grip your hair, letters that will bite you, letters that will mark you.”

“I love you, Blue. Have I always? Haven’t I? When did it happen? Or has it always happened?”

“I am writing in pieces—parcelling out the words I wish you to have, though you’ll of course read them all at once. Or perhaps you won’t? Perhaps you’ll want to save these seeds to absorb at your leisure, perhaps even at the pace of my writing them. But why waste so much time?”

“Memory is tipped and decanted into Garden, life to life to life, always deepening, thickening, growing new roots and efficiencies— but Red’s letters she keeps in her own body, curled beneath her tongue like coins, printed in her fingers’ tips, between the lines of her palms.”

“I, whatever I was, whatever I am, tumbled first up, into the stars, then down to the broken land.”

“Winning tastes sweet, but sweeter still to triumph and tease.”

“A fugitive becomes a queen or a scientist, or worse a poet. Or her child does, or a smuggler she trades jackets with in some distant spaceport. And all this blood for nothing.”

“You are never alone. You are in control of your mental health and you can make a change. No matter how dark it may get, if I can do it, so can you. You will get through this night.”

“Ask questions about the world, about your current life, and aspire to change”

“It’s one thing to treat yourself fairly and be open to growing and succeeding in the face of life’s challenges, and another to just stick your head in the sand and believe all you need is to cross your fingers and a wish”

“Chronic stress comes from a lifestyle or environment that keeps you constantly feeling this way.”

“Sometimes, you just need to let the mail man deliver the envelope. There’s no need to bite.”

“We often tell ourselves that we ‘don’t have the energy’ or motivation to do something, but usually motivation kicks in after we start, not before, so it’s about encouraging the very first step.”

“Tomorrow is a new day. Whether it’s literally one night, or some hard times, if you can make it through you will get another chance to try.”

“You may be a product of what made you, but you have the power to change and grow and make yourself feel better. And you are not the only one.”