“My body is on fire all the time, burning me away day and night. I have to cut the black heat out. When I clean myself, wash and mend, I feel better ... I'm so lonely in the world I want to peel my flesh all off and walk, just bone and gristle, into the river to be swallowed ...”
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“I reject it, grief. I replace it with rage. My rage at you walk higher and wider than any grief.”
“Our deepest wounds come from those we hold dear and the memories we keep close.”
“He slipped and I slipped, and then he dipped, ripped and killed everything I believed in.”
“The person who tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliest.”
“Only one person in this house was allowed to shed tears, and it wasn't me”
“The little memories are the ones that eat me alive.”