“At our next session, the shrink calls this metaphor psychological warfare. You must rise above it, she says. They're just words being said many miles away. That phrase about sticks and stones and bones. But my bones are very brittle. And I am lactose intolerant.”
“When all you have left of the people you love are things, then the things become really important.”
“Things only hurt because I’m still alive to feel them”
“No memories. No pain. I mean screw nostalgia. I don’t want it. Take it back!”
“Pretending not to be hurt isn't healing. If you want to HEAL from it, you have to DEAL with it.”