I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney

Sometimes it’s the people who love us the most that hurt us the hardest; because they can.

The lies we tell ourselves are always the most dangerous.

I built my prison in the way that people often do, with solid walls made from bricks of guilt and obligation.

Sometimes it only takes one person to believe in you to change your life forever. Sometimes it only takes one person not believing in you to destroy it. Humans are a highly sensitive species.

You can’t allow the past to steal your present, but if you siphon off just the right amount, it can help fuel your future. I’ve always felt safe in bookshops. It’s as though the stories inside them can rescue me from myself and the rest of the world.

You should always fight, especially when you think you are going to lose. That’s when you should fight the hardest.”

so busy staring down at our screens that we’ve forgotten to look up at the stars. I think it can be dangerous to spend too long watching the lives of others; you might run out of time to live your own. Technology is devolving the human race. Eating up our emotional intelligence, spitting out any remnants of privacy it can’t quite swallow. The world will keep on spinning and the stars will always shine, regardless of whether anyone is looking.