- "it's much easier to think that someone's the answer if you haven't seen them for years. because they're not really real. people can't be answers. they're just more questions."
- "sometimes everything is suddenly really simple. it's like everything shifts in a moment. and you step out of your body. out of your life. you step out and you see where you are really clearly. and you think... fuck. this. shit."
- "i get these moments when i have to lie down because everything feels, sort of, too much. and i look up and see the blue or the grey or the black and i feel myself melting into it. and for, like, a split second, i feel free. and happy. innocent. like a dog, or an alien, or a baby."
- "i sometimes wonder if i should just become an alcoholic. it means you've always got something to do."
- "i've just turned eighteen. and i think i understand what people mean to each other."
- "as a rule, i didn't dance. but it was hard to say no to alyssa."
- "you shouldn't just make people if you're going to abandon them because they think they've done something wrong their whole lives."
- "being with alyssa had started to make me feel things. she made me feel things. and i didn't like it at all."
- "i was never alyssa's protector. she was mine."
may 2 2018 ∞
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