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Chronic illness gives little wiggle room for peace of mind. Having “good” days doesn’t mean the pain isn’t there; it just means that it’s not as noticeable—like a limb that’s sort of falling asleep but still functioning.
Inside the sad shell of my agonizing existence is a battlefield, and I’m on both sides holding trigger-ready guns waiting for the bullets to leave the barrels.
“I
find that the books with the saddest endings are the best because they make us feel. We don’t always get a happily ever after no matter how hard we work for it.”
Pretending to be okay for the sake of others is a draining act to an already underpaid show.
Pain comes in countless forms. The worst is seeing what your suffering does to everyone around you.
Reality is ugly and painful and full of the kind of heartache that some books help you forget exist for a short period.
Staying in the past means halting the future.
“The thing about chronic illness is that you never know what you’re going to feel like when you wake up every day.
It’s
a new battle, because the good days don’t mean that you don’t hurt. They just mean that you can tolerate the pain better. I could wake up tomorrow and struggle to get...
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“It turns the person you love more than anything in the world into somebody different. It isn’t just a physical transformation but a mental and emotional one. When it takes over, there’s very little in their control they can do.
Disease is the monster in the dark. It lingers, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It rears its ugly head and takes what it wants, when it wants.
I’m sick of being selfless and understanding for the sake of everybody else’s sanity.
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It just means that it can no longer control our lives. I sincerely hope you remember that. I know a hurt soul when I see one, boy. You and Emery are one and the same, which means you’re also tough. It doesn’t
matter what battle you’re fighting. It only matters that you’re willing to fight.”
We get too used to finding comfort in things we shouldn’t—accepting what is instead of questioning it.
People are afraid of the truth. They don’t want to accept that bad things happen to good people every single day. People struggle. People die. It’s life.
When you’re reading about a character’s struggles, you find ways to relate from a distance. It doesn’t always hurt as much, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt at all.
“When you have a disease that nobody can see and they find out, most of the time they won’t even believe you. On the off chance they take your word for it, they say the stupidest things, like I can be cured if I sleep more or eat healthier.”
Fiction has a way of revealing the types of truths that reality obscures.
