The Infinite Noise (The Bright Sessions, #1)

by Lauren Shippen

It’s not fair that when I hurt somebody, I have to feel hurt too. And then I feel guilty on top of that and … well … it all really sucks.

We don’t always have to love ourselves in order to receive love from others. Sometimes that’s how we learn to love ourselves.”

I don’t know what’s worse—feeling like the world is going to end or feeling like the world isn’t even worth ending.

We say, “I’m fine.” We say, “It’s nothing.” We make excuses that we know aren’t true and that they know aren’t true but we both pretend anyway like we’ve all agreed to have this collective hallucination together. And it gets us nowhere.