Come Out, Come Out Quotes

“I learned early that misery is contagious, and people will hate you for it while wrapping you in their arms. Nobody wants to say it out loud, but you’re supposed to suffer alone.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I understand you better than you think, Skye. Anyone who tells you that you’re too much doesn’t deserve you.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I want to take ownership of her pain, become the hand that pushes her under the water when she wants to drown in herself and also when it’s time for her to breathe again.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I’ve spent my entire life telling myself I’m happier alone because the alternative would break me into a million pieces. Accepting that everyone I’ve ever opened up to decided I was too hard to love would break me in a way I could not recover from. Instead, I tell myself I’m happier this way—alone and out of the way.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Animals might be small, and we might not speak the same language, but they have the biggest hearts.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I learned early that misery is contagious, and people will hate you for it while wrapping you in their arms.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I didn’t let myself get excited anymore. That way, when the downfall came, it hurt so much less, if I felt anything at all.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Just like most shallow friendships of convenience, they never pry, because if they do, they’ll see that she’s rotting from within.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Please remember three things: It’s not your fault. You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt. You deserve someone who will hold your hand when the darkness takes over.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“sentence—I’m in love with a woman who wants to die and I’m desperately trying to keep her alive.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“She needs to exorcise the deep ache caused by her mere existence.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Fix you? No baby, we’re both too far gone for fixing. I want to take our messy pieces and create our own little fucked up jigsaw puzzle.” I brush my thumb against her pouting lips. “You have all the pieces I need to complete the hollow frame I’ve become.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Too many people write off the sad girl as too hard to love. But it’s so easy to do, because she needs it the most. The mistake they make is not being her safe space. If you can be that, you’ll be rewarded with the most honest and raw moments. By accepting her, she’ll open her heart to you in a way that will change your world. The thing about people who’ve had to wander the dark alone is they will always hold the guiding light for you without an ounce of resentment. If you’re lost, they’ll plunge into the depths and lead the way out just so you’re never left to the loneliness they’ve come to know too well.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“The thing about people who’ve had to wander the dark alone is they will always hold the guiding light for you without an ounce of resentment. If you’re lost, they’ll plunge into the depths and lead the way out just so you’re never left to the loneliness they’ve come to know too well.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Too many people write off the sad girl as too hard to love. But it’s so easy to do, because she needs it the most.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“My entire life I’ve been called irritable, dramatic, and bitchy for it. Do I feel guilty? Yes. But it’s hard not to snap when you’re using every ounce of energy to not fracture into a million pieces”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I always found the notion of death romantic; I never could have predicted how right I would be.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“This one is for my chronically sad babes. Please remember three things: It’s not your fault. You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt. You deserve someone who will hold your hand when the darkness takes over. With love, Alexia”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“I mostly kept to myself, because, beyond the depression, I simply couldn’t keep up with the mental marathon that was pretending I wasn’t one overstimulating action away from unraveling entirely.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Depression is greedy and hard to escape like quicksand and I gave up hope a long time ago. I’m just sinking slowly, enjoying the view with my head just a few inches above water.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“Depression is greedy and hard to escape like quicksand and I gave up hope a long time ago.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out

“This one is for my chronically sad babes. Please remember three things: It’s not your fault. You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt. You deserve someone who will hold your hand when the darkness takes over.”
― Alexia Onyx, Come Out, Come Out