“Let her go,” Brendan said, and Will did. And that was the biggest mistake of his life. Letting her go.” LoveBreakSadnessLetting GoHeartbreak Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“Now, Emily didn't make a sound. There was something more defining about the soundless reality that condemned the paradigm of passion.” RealityPassionSoundSilenceQuietMental IllnessParadigmSchizophreniaSoundless Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“He was sort of beautiful. In his own dark, depressing way, but still. She was going to miss that stupid fucking beautiful face.” BeautifulDarkHotDepressingHandsome Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“What is perfect, anyway? The absence of perfection and the existence of human nature in place of something we want to do or we don’t want to do, is an excuse, not an exoneration.” PerfectExistenceHuman NatureExcuses Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“The most important things, the experiences that leave marks on our souls for everyone to see, those marks that reflect our most intense emotions in a glass pane, we will never forget.” ForgetExperienceMemoryDamage Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“The sound of her phone shocked her out of the dark world that was currently playing in front of her eyes from the book in her lap. She wondered sometimes, why she bothered with books. If she wanted to hallucinate, all she had to do was get up in the morning.” ImaginationBooksMental IllnessSchizophreniaWorldsHallucinate Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls
“Emily woke to shadows and their voices. They looked different today, because the entire world hurt. The numbness had worn off sometime between sleep and awake, and she was seeing red. The shadows on the walls were not shadows at all, but red blobs consisting of teeth and claws. Her house reeked of pain. The whole world was fucking bleeding.” PainSleepBloodRedMental IllnessNumbShadowsSchizophreniaVoices Book:Paper Souls Source: Paper Souls