“People didn't stick because I was made of fucking Teflon. I'd always told myself that it was better that way, that being alone was easier. That I wasn't a coward for easing my way out of friendships before they could really start.” PeopleRelationshipsLonelinessSelf RealizationLoners Book:Magic for Liars Source: Magic for Liars
“In my mind, I took what had just happened to my shoulder, and I put it into a box. A box with a tight lid. I dropped the box into a deep brick-lined oubliette. It landed somewhere next to my mother's last words and my searing loneliness and everything else I needed to forget, and just like that, I was fine again.” MemoriesLonelinessDealing With ItLonersOubliettes Book:Magic for Liars Source: Magic for Liars