“But the thing that makes me really messed up is the contradiction: when I'm not hating myself, I feel righteous and victmized. Like the world is so unfair.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“We should not accept an evil we can change.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“Do you think that everyone gets to be a star like that? Do you think that everyone gets to be seen? Gets to be loved? Gets to glow? They don't. They don't get to do it like you did. They don't get to be as beautiful as you were. And you just wanted to burn up.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“[...] He plays the guitar so well, you wouldn't believe it. But he doesn't have a band. And he doesn't try really hard to get one. He mostly plays alone in his room instead. That's what Kristen says.
I think he does this for the same reason Hannah doesn't turn in her work when the teachers say she is smart.
I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
I think he does this for the same reason Hannah doesn't turn in her work when the teachers say she is smart.
I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
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