“ you are so vulnerably haunting; your eeriness is terrifying irresistible. ”
“ we’re not that different, you and i. ”
“ you are a child of the cosmos, a ruler of the skies. ”
“ you’re just becoming more of what you’ve always been. ”
“ i’m not changing, none of us are changing. everything is fine. lets have a picnic. ”
“ my father had the kind of anger all fathers do – loud and terrible. it lingers for your whole life. ”
“ girlhood rots between my teeth, a sickness so sweet it aches. ”
“ i wished so badly to have my own life, but you wouldn’t let me. ”
“ parts of me died in the house i grew up in and i visit them in dreams. ”
“ today i heard your name and my hands started shaking. please make it stop, make it stop. ”
“ i wasn’t even allowed to cry over any of it, anyway! i wish the only thing that i spilled in my life was milk. ”
“ this is not fun! it’s just scary! ”
“ but if i hadn't fallen, i wouldn't have met you. ”
“ have you let go of the ails that anchor you yet? ”
“ have you let this marvelous spinning earth pull you into its arms and sweep you off your feet yet? ”
“ i dream, i dream, i keep dreaming. one word in my mouth crystallises like sugar: hope. ”
“ the nights get heavy like they always do. ”
“ heavy wind, cold rain, and yes the stars. ”
“ drifting apart always seems to hurt more as it happens. ”
“ i am trying to say: look at me. ‘i am weightless. you make my heart grow light.’ ”
“ right now, everything without you is almost sticky-sweet. it tastes like nectar. ”
“ can you accept help or are you the eldest daughter? ”
“ i swallow a bee for each ill deed done. i am a hive walking. i strain to hear you over the regret. ”
“ i knew that it was cruel to be so optimistic, but, in my solitude, i couldn't resist the urge and spent entire days basking in idiotic fantasies, sometime verging on prayer. ”
“ grief is not a feeling, but a neighbourhood. this is where i come from. everyone i love still lives there. ”
“ there is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get. ”
“ i was once very close to getting out of here. ”
“ there is no moving on. only running away. ”
“ i don’t love anyone. well, maybe my sister. ”
“ i am infatuated with the private life, and with anonymity; perhaps even invisibility. ”
“ sometimes you just need someone to tell you you're not as terrible as you think you are. ”
“ i opened my mouth, almost said something. almost. the rest of my life might have turned out differently if i had. but i didn't. ”
“ she is still inside of me. i carry her with me wherever i go. ”
“ being a confessional human being for me is like a defense mechanism. if i can tell you the flaw before you see the flaw, then maybe it's okay. ”
“ being a person didn't come naturally to me the way it seemed to for others. people who were sure of themselves awed me. i studied them and tried to mimic their ease. ”
“look back at the mess you've made. try your best to pick up the pieces. ”
“ not only had my brother disappeared, but– and bear with me here–a part of my very being had gone with him. ”
“ i kinda wish i was buried six feet under ground. but oh god i also wish i was buried in your arms. ”
“ we tell our stories differently, don’t we, you and i? ”
“ you poor thing. sweet, mourning lamb. there’s nothing you can do. ”
“ a golden cage is still just a cage. ”
“ although i may not be yours. i can never be another’s. ”
“ my mother didn't foresee what was going to become of us as a result of witnessing her despair. ”
“ i want to say all bad things end. ”
“ can you get it in your brain i’m not playing your games this time. ”
“ don’t tell me you need me now. ”
“ if it feels like a trap, you’re already in one. ”
“ i don’t know why i am the way i am. ”
“ all of this for what? ”
“ at least i had the decency to keep my nights out of sight. ”
“ we can’t be friends. ”
“ maybe we could’ve been friends, if i met you in another life. ”
“ i’ll love you like you need me too. ”
“ when i’m back in (city), i feel it. ”
“ it's not worth crying 'bout the things you can't erase. ”
“ if i’m gonna be drunk, might as well be drunk in love. ”
“ you’re a waste of time. ”
“ nobody lives forever. ”
“ i didn’t think you’d understand me. ”
“ usually, i'm fucked up, anxious, too much. ”
“ i’m done being yours. ”
“ it’s just not fair of him to make me feel this way. ”
“ the truth is bulletproof, there’s no fooling you. ”
“ i’d rather be tied to someone, even if they’re wrong. ”
“ you don't feel remorse, you don't feel the effects. ”
“ i can’t lie to it the same way i lie to you. ”
“ if i was brave and noble like you i’d have the nerve to just stop stringing' you along. ”
“ i guess i’ll never ever know, now that we don’t talk. ”
“ i lay in your arms and pretend that it's love. ”
“ never take advice from somebody who’s falling apart. ”
“ you cling to your papers and pens, wait until you like me again. ”
“ we don’t know how to accept we’re just a product of a chance. ”
“ if a man talks shit, then i owe him nothing. ”
“ oh, you're so vicious. loved me, then pretend you didn’t. ”
“ don't say that i’ve been acting different. i'm nothing if i’m not consistent. ”
“ nothing happened in the way i wanted. ”
“ there’s something in the static, think i’ve been having revelations. ”
“ what do you tell your friends? ”
“ you search in every model's bed for something greater. ”
“ i don’t regret it one bit, ‘cause he had it coming. ”
“ we like grabbing onto anything to feel like we’re important. ”
“ i was secondary to everything, i’ve never been so insignificant. ”
“ you fit every stereotype. ”
“ why’s there a pit in my gut in the shape of you? ”
“ you’ll always be a setback. ”
“ i never saw him and we never kissed. ”
“ your talk is cheap. all you do is leave. ”
“ we’re all gonna die, decompose into daffodils and dandelions. ”
“ i could have sworn you were heaven-sent. ”
“ you made heartbreak look elegant, abused me with intelligence. ”
“ nothing in the world belongs to me, but my love, mine all mine. ”
“ i know you said that we’re not talking, but i miss you, i’m sorry. ”
“ you grew your hair long. ”