Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old Quotes

“She thought men were saviors...
...And she looked for more in them than what they were...
Only to rescue herself from those she wished would rescue her...

And isn't that the most tragic lie...
The lie where we tell what we wished were true and believe it...?

She had an artificial memory, a prosthesis to a past that never was...
She was like a party that no one ever went to...
Like a cure...without a disease...

And isn't that the greatest fear of all...to be ready with the answers
to questions that no one asks anymore?”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“Whatever it means,
it matters,
and most of it is true
I loved every one of them
and all of them...were you”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“Compromise...is simply
When we change the question
To fit the answer...”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“Whatever we say
We're always telling each other exactly what we want them to know...
We are always telling each other
The truth
Even when
We're lying”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“We grow to deserve what we need to believe...
Since I've known you
I've been careful not to pray out loud
Wishes have a way of coming true when you least expect...”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old

“Why is it that we always remember that people forget;
but we always forget that they remember?

I used to remember...but I forgot!”
― Merrit Malloy, Things I Meant to Say to You When We Were Old