Even When I'm Gone (Stay with Me, #2)

by Nicole Fiorina

“Alone, and the world shunned them to their darkness. And the world cries selfishly at their wake because the victim decided to find peace when everyone else tossed them into quicksand during a sandstorm. The world stands over their grave, spitting words like selfish … and ‘what about their family and friends?’ and we’re back to square one, thinking about how the death of the victim affects us, not thinking about how the pain affected them before they died.” “Are you saying it’s okay to take your own life?” “No, Mia,” he calmed and pulled my hand to his chest, “I’m saying if we showed more compassion and understanding, threw away the molds, boxes, and social status, it would never have to lead to that in the first place.”

“Does it make me selfish that I make you smile for my own damn benefit?” —Oliver Masters