

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.
Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more.
You’re doing just fine.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more.
You’re doing just fine.”
― You're Doing Just Fine

“I'm the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her.”
― Party
― Party

“I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.”
― Ariel
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.”
― Ariel

“To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.”
― The Magus
― The Magus
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