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“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think 'it will be okay if it can just be like this forever' but of course nothing can ever stay just how it is forever.”

Love Friendship Forever Okay Suicide Suicide Note

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.”

Love Reason Friendship Regret Suicide

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“This is what I want so don't be sad.”

Love Friendship Regret Sad Suicide Suicide Note

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“It may be difficult to believe," he said. "I know it may have come across as... romantic, because of how I act when I get her letters. Because of that dress she sent me. But sometimes two people have a deep connection. It makes romance seem trivial. It isn't about anything carnal. It's about souls. About the deepest part of who you are as a person.”

Love Friendship Affection Connection

Book:We Are Okay

Source: We Are Okay

“I know," I say. "It sucks. Let's go get tacos and sit on the beach.”

Friendship California Tacos

Book:Everything Leads to You

Source: Everything Leads to You

“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”

Love Friendship Hurt Suicide Suicide Note

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.”

Friendship Hold Still

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“She peels an orange, separates it in perfect halves, and gives one of them to me. If I could wear it like a friendship bracelet, I would. Instead I swallow it section by section and tell myself it means even more this way. To chew and to swallow in silence here with her. To taste the same thing in the same moment.”

Friendship Meaning

Book:We Are Okay

Source: We Are Okay

“I was so blinded by her talent that I didn't recognize the tremendous pain behind her work. She gave me hundreds of images, so many chances to see that she was in trouble. I failed her.”

Friendship Regret Suicide

Author:Nina LaCour

“How it's so easy for her to not feel anything at all, to be just completely gone, to not be around to see how fucked up she's made me. She got to disappear completely and I feel like I'm about to combust.”

Love Friendship Regret Suicide

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me.”

Friendship Regret Suicide Bitterness

Book:Hold Still

Source: Hold Still

“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head. You just think that things will stay the way they are. You never look up, in a moment that feels like every other moment in your life, and think, "Soon this will be over". But I understand more now. About the way life works.”

People Life Friendship Hold Still

Author:Nina LaCour

“I feel like she should, because friendship is about more than facts. It’s about knowing what someone is thinking, or knowing enough to know that you don’t. But I guess it’s also about not letting too much time go by without asking them questions, so you don’t end up looking at them one afternoon, the sun so bright you have to squint, realizing that you hardly recognize the person they’ve become. Maybe, when it comes to friendship, both of us are getting this wrong.”

Friendship

Book:You Know Me Well

Source: You Know Me Well

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