“She's known sadness. That's what it is. I only just thought that as I wrote it. She's known sadness, and it has made her kind.” Sadness Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“When she turned to see me smiling. It was an awkward smile, but you only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expected it to be.” PeopleLifeTruthSmile Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“You only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expect it to be.” SmileSadquotes Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“Some madness doesn't act mad to begin with, sometimes it will knock politely at the door, and when you let it in, it'll simply sit in the corner without a fuss - and grow.” Madness Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“I said that my mother is mad. I said that. But you might not see it. I mean, you might not think that anything I've told you proves she is mad. But there are different kinds of madness. Some madness doesn't act mad to begin with, sometimes it will knock politely at the door, and when you let it in, it'll simply sit in the corner without a fuss - and grow. Then one day, maybe many months after your decision to take your son out of school and isolate him in a house for reasons that got lost in your grief, one day that madness will stir in the chair, and it will say to him, 'You look pale.” MotherGriefSonMadnessSchizophrenia Author:Nathan Filer
“But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of nothing. and they all do it for themselves.” CareMental HealthMental Health Professionals Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“Hello, my name is your potential. But you can call me impossible. I am the missed opportunities. I am the expectations you will never fulfill. I am always taunting you, regardless of how hard you try, regardless of how much you hope.” PurposeGrowing UpExpectationsSelf RealizationPotential Author:Nathan Filer
“I guess there's a Use By date when it comes to blaming your parents for how messed up you are. I guess that's what turning eighteen means. Time to own it.” FamilyParentsComing Of AgeAdulthood Author:Nathan Filer
“Once-upon-a-time we buried the memories we didn't want.” MemoriesFictionChildhoodMental HealthMental Illness Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“Any punishment is an insult to the crime” WisdomCrimeWordsMentall IllnessPunishement Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall
“A doença mental vira as pessoas para dentro. É o que eu acho. Mantém-nos presos eternamente no sofrimento das nossas próprias mentes, da mesma maneira que a dor duma perna partida ou dum dedo cortado se apodera da nossa atenção, agarrando-a com tanta força que a perna boa ou o polegar inteiro parecem deixar de existir.” SuicídioDepressãoDoença Mental Book:The Shock of the Fall Source: The Shock of the Fall