“Not being able to talk sucks. There's no doubt about that. There's a lot of times when I almost feel like I'm trapped inside of myself. Like if I don't talk or yell or scream or laugh I'm going to explode. A lot of the time it almost feels like I'm suffocating.” DisabilityMuteDisabilitiesPhysical DisabilityMutedBeing Mute Book:What I Didn't Say Source: What I Didn't Say
“There was a lot of pain in that kiss. There was so much hurt and so much fear in it. I felt tears rolling down the both of our faces. But, in that kiss, there was even more want. We both wanted to smother out that pain, to not have so many horrible things in the all too recent past, to just be normal, to do the types of things we were supposed to be dealing with besides death and disability.” LovePainDeathFearHurtTearsDepressionKissDisabilityCrying Book:What I Didn't Say Source: What I Didn't Say