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“Fleeting beauty is the most precious kind. You appreciate it more.”
I keep working. I keep going. I keep myself busy to the point of exhaustion, because if I don’t burn out… I’ll burn away. And that seems infinitely worse.
She’s a contradictory mix of sunshine and sadness as she becomes engrossed with the dirty linoleum beneath her shoes.
Starting points. Little things we would miss about the world if we chose to leave it.
“Have I mistakenly given you the impression that I like handouts? Or people?”
“Sad things can be beautiful,”
“All broken things can be fixed. The hard part is deciding that they’re worth fixing.”
I never much cared for the dark, but right now, it feels like a friend.
“Pretty words for dark hearts.”
All it took was for one person to notice me. To stick up for me. To care.
She’s my moon.
“Nobody’s heart is wrong. We’re given the heart that is meant for us, and if someone else doesn’t see the beauty in it, it’s not meant for them.”
All I know is what he’s shown me, and that’s his smile, his secrets, his first kiss, his effort, his trust.
“You’re not ruined. You’re evolving.”
“The loudest love is wordless.”
The energy you give off will be the energy received.
I’m goddamn clueless. Should I have flowers? Chocolates or some shit? An epic speech? Shit. I need an epic speech.
“It’s time to unchain Melody.”
Redemption is a bitch.
“You built this life, just like you built your home—from the ground up, with careful tools, hard work, and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears.” Her
“Shine bright, Melody. Your smile is a gift to even the saddest soul.”
For a book that centers around suicide and giving up the fight prematurely, I wanted to depict the opposite of that. I wanted to showcase the beauty of living and what might be waiting for you on the other side of your struggles.
