“I'd shut myself out for so long that I had forgotten how wonderful it felt to be included, to be seen, to be heard.” SchoolFriendshipFriendsInclusionTeen Book:The Truth About Keeping Secrets Source: The Truth About Keeping Secrets
“Turns out there's nothing easier than lying.” Lies Book:The Things We Don't See Source: The Things We Don't See
“i could go if i wanted share the floorboards with someone in a place less haunted but i like it here and i’m happy to stay in this mess on my own in this home i have built for myself in my bones” PoetryLonelinessIndependenceReal EstateSavannah Brown Book:Graffiti Source: Graffiti
“you’ll find the buildings taller, that the halls are full of ghosts but everything still here is what you remember most” PoetryChildhoodHometownSavannah BrownA Poem For Ohio Author:Savannah Brown
“It’s just, like, when it was good, it was good. There’d be, God, like months at a time where things would be fine. Perfect. He’d be loving and gentle but then it’d all go to shit again and I had to deal with it. And the best way I can explain it is … that you forget what normal is.” AbuseManipulationEmotional AbuseAbusive RelationshipAbused Woman Book:The Truth About Keeping Secrets Source: The Truth About Keeping Secrets