The Asylum Confessions (The Asylum Confession Files, #1)

by Jack Steen

If I could give you one piece of advice to remember for the rest of your life, it would be this… Never eat the food provided by a funeral home.

The mouth wobbles with fright and anxiety. It lifts with expectation and hope. It falters when that hope extinguishes, and they realize death is but moments away.

We all have our reasons why we force ourselves to walk through the gates of whatever hell we think we deserve.

There’s just something about you. It’s like trying to catch that fleeting glance out the corner of your eye as you walk down a hallway, that ghost of a memory you never quite grab on to.

She passed away in her sleep, the way mothers should go.

Death should be the catalyst for you to yearn more from life.

I’m so sick of being examined like a cockroach with special abilities.

The heart is like a capsule, locking in our essence.

Some people can’t be redeemed, no matter how close to death they sit.

They knew what we wanted them to know.

Addictions always have a beginning. That beginning can seem innocent enough at the time.

An alcoholic never starts with the intention of being addicted. They took one sip. Go through one crisis. Realize things didn’t hurt as much when they drank.

All it takes is one step. One step to destroy the perfect li...

When you’re at the end of life, it’s always best to go back to the beginning.

It's amazing what someone can get away with when all they do is smile, look you straight in the eye, and make you believe every single lie they tell. Not everyone can do that.

We are who we need to be to fit or fulfill a role others have placed upon us.

I’ve learned over the years is that all the things we could have done mean nothing because what we do is what we will always do if given the chance to redo our mistakes.

What most people don't understand, though, is that being personable isn't being personal.

That's all people really want anyway, to be seen, to know they're worthy and it doesn’t matter if they are children or adults.