“It was a fact that had become the focus of my entire life, a whisper in my heartbeat, a permanent, insidious presence that punctuated my every breath. I couldn’t escape it, that persistent voice, lingering in the blood pulsing through my veins. It said only one thing, over and over, a repetition of inescapable anguish, the knowledge of a thing that could never be undone. James is dead. James is dead. James is dead. James is dead.” DeathGriefDepressionDeath And DyingDeath Of A Loved OneUrban FantasyGothicDepression QuotesParanormal ThrillerSupernatural ThrillersUrban Fantasy SeriesContemporary FantasyParanormal MysteryParanormal FictionGothic FictionSupernatural MysteryGothic HorrorGothic LiteratureGothic Fantasy Book:Chasing Azrael Source: Chasing Azrael
“James had taken his own life, but the need to do so was not something easily explained. He had the life he wanted: money, a home, a job, a wife, a good friend. I’d known people who died at their own hand because life became unbearable, or because something happened, something terrible. That wasn’t so for James—there was something inside him, something a part of him, something over which he had no control, but which had absolute control over him.” DepressionSuicideUrban FantasyBipolarDepression QuotesParanormal ThrillerBipolar DisorderSupernatural ThrillersUrban Fantasy SeriesContemporary FantasyParanormal MysteryParanormal FictionSuicide AttemptSupernatural MysteryBipolar Quotes Book:Chasing Azrael Source: Chasing Azrael
“I swore as the knife I’d been using to dice our dinner bit into my finger. I dropped it on the floor, blood spattering the counter and cupboard doors a furious red. I watched, mesmerised, as the blood welled up and began to seep down my hand; I tried to catalogue the amount of pain I was in. Surprisingly little, I concluded, pushing at the edges of the wound to see how deep it went. Deep enough. I was starting to feel it now, but it didn’t hurt so much. I’d endured far worse. If it came to it, I could do it. There was comfort in that knowledge.” DeathDepressionSuicideDeath And DyingUrban FantasyDepression QuotesParanormal ThrillerSupernatural ThrillersUrban Fantasy SeriesContemporary FantasyParanormal MysteryParanormal FictionSuicide AttemptSupernatural Mystery Book:Chasing Azrael Source: Chasing Azrael
“Was James bipolar?” The tears returned, and I watched her battle them. “We don’t use that word in our family.” I stared at her for a moment. “Why not?” “Mum and Dad don’t believe in it.” She kept walking. “James was always … troubled. But there was nothing wrong with him, nothing more than anyone else anyway, everyone feels a bit down sometimes.” “Olivia! It was more than feeling down.” She laughed, bitterly. “I know, Dee, fuck, do I know that. I’m just telling you how it goes. The party line—what we told people when they asked.” DepressionUrban FantasyBipolarDepression QuotesParanormal ThrillerBipolar DisorderSupernatural ThrillersUrban Fantasy SeriesContemporary FantasyParanormal MysteryParanormal FictionSupernatural MysteryBipolar Quotes Book:Chasing Azrael Source: Chasing Azrael