

“I didn’t know you could get buried in your own silence.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun

“There's no right or wrong way to hurt. Everybody does it their own way. It's how we respond to pain that tells the kind of person we are.”
― Summer on the Short Bus
― Summer on the Short Bus

“Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people,â€� I say. “Maybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time.â€� Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun

“There is nothing more seductive â€� and dangerous â€� than being listened to.”
― The Verificationist
― The Verificationist

“Everyone falls eventually,â€� Piper told me. “You think it’ll hurt. But it’s falling with no bottom. You just keep going and going forever, just falling deeper and deeper. And once you stop being scared, it’s kind of fun.”
― (Don't You) Forget About Me
― (Don't You) Forget About Me
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