“You have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You simply have to say, "Look. I love you, but I cannot stand by and watch you kill yourself slowly. When you want help I'm here. Until then, goodbye." That may sound cruel, but self-preservation is paramount to helping someone else. If you're a wreck, you're useless to them, anyway. And if they refuse help, despite knowing the likely outcome, they will head down that path anyway.” IfsWantLooksMaySelfHelpingTurnsSoundCan DoRealizingWatchesKnowingPathLove YouRefuseDespiteUselessOutcomesGoodbyeConvincePreservationWrecksSelf PreservationParamountOne You LoveSomeone You LoveKilling YourselfHelping Someone Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if Im quite useless. Its the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.” IfsWayHumansLittlesI CanStoriesCan DoAreasUselessBeing HumanBothered Author:Alice Englert
“Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'” ThinkingI CanSelfCan DoHoursDoubtFineStudiosUselessTormentI Can Do ItSelf-doubtConning Author:Imogen Heap