Only the Pretty Lies

by Rebekah Crane

It’s much easier to idolize the dead. The living constantly fail us. But in death, we remember a person as near perfect.

“Anger is the thief of time.

“People want a witness to their pain,” Rayne said. “Not a judge.”

Why is it so hard for humans to quit what they know is hurting them? Why is it so hard to admit we’re doing it all wrong?

Sometimes familiar pain is just more bearable than change.

hope is the only antidote to fear.”

“Books are like hearts,” he says. “They should be shared with the people we trust.”

“If no one is ever the bigger person, we all remain small-minded,”

“When did love become something a person deserves? Love is a human right, not a reward for good behavior.”