“People talk about a broken heart like it's something in the past. Like the break has already happened. My heart is not broken. It's breaking. Being torn apart, each artery and tendon stretching and snapping. I long for broken. Perhaps when my heart has finished breaking, the pain will lessen and dull.” LossHeartbreak Book:Unhallowed Halls Source: Unhallowed Halls
“For a long time, there was grief. It pulled me down into suffocating darkness, and kept me anchored there. I went through the motions. I turned up at school. I ate food and watched TV and took algebra tests. But I didn't feel anything. It was easier that way.” Grief Book:The Boundless Sublime Source: The Boundless Sublime
“The Wasteland was an empty car park behind a long abandoned pub. Minah like it because she said it reminded her of the permanence of concrete in stark contrast to the entropy of humanity. Harrison had dubbed it the Wasteland after the TS Eliot poem, because it was full of disillusionment and despair.” Urban Decay Book:The Boundless Sublime Source: The Boundless Sublime
“Her heart began to ache, and she felt the numbness slip away. Misery welled up inside her. She clamped down on it, trying to hold onto the deadness that had blanketed her emotions for the past few days.” TryingHeartPastFeltEmotionMiserySlipsAcheNumbness Author:Lili Wilkinson
“No, seriously,' choked Sam, his eyes streaming. 'You're such a loser, that you've actually stopped losing and have progressed to having just lost. It's over. The game is over. You have lost the game of life. Do not pass Go. Do not collect two hundred dollars.” TwoEyeGamesLostLosingHundredDollarsHis EyesOver YouLoserStreaming Author:Lili Wilkinson
“I think that sometimes the whole larger-than-life gay thing is just another kind of closet. It's easier to be different if you're very different, if you go all-out on purpose. Because that way you can still hide who you really are.” IfsThinkingWayKindStillsDifferentSometimesWholePurposeEasierGayClosetsLarger Than Life Author:Lili Wilkinson
