Delilah Quotes

“He didn’t kill himself because he gave up on me, but because he lost the only thing that was holding him together.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I just…I wanted you to know that I get it now. I’ve always been confused and lost, wondering why you left me. But I’m not lost anymore, Dad. I’m going to make the world believe in me the same way you did. I promise. So…that’s why I’m here. To share my breakfast with you.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Sometimes when I think about my father’s suicide, I wonder if he knew he’d kill a part of me, too.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“And the worst part about that thought is that if heaven exists, I know my father can’t exist there with her, which means that in killing himself after losing her, he probably still ended up having to live an eternity without her.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“You loved her first, but I love her now, and it’s the honor of my life to have her by my side.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Even in death, my father found a way to take care of me, just like he always promised he would.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“They’re the only proof I have that I was loved.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Be better than me. Do good in this world. Be selfless and passionate and never let go of the way you choose to see the best in everyone.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I’m happy. I promise,” I whisper. “I love you.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in Meridian City? Well, there’s trauma, murder, pain, and suffering, Jesus fuck it’s gritty.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Losing my parents shattered me, but I’m still here. So what does that say about how broken he was?”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Be better than me. Do good in this world. Be selfless and passionate and never let go of the way you choose to see the best in everyone. ”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“Grandma was in the kitchen because of me, because Mom promised me pancakes for breakfast. They were all in the kitchen because of me. They’re all dead because of me.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“And if I see a pancake? Well, who knew something so innocent and sweet could be the source of a full-blown panic attack?”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“cared so much about those stupid pancakes, but Dad told me he’d get them for me if I counted to one hundred, and I tried so hard to be good and do it. ”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I was left with nothing but a disgraced last name and two gravestones.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I turned around anyway, and the first thing I said was, “Mommy?”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“They’re all dead because of me.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I chose pancakes over my family”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“The way you chose to see the good in me, even when I knew I didn’t have any.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah

“I don’t know why I cared so much about those stupid pancakes, but Dad told me he’d get them for me if I counted to one hundred, and I tried so hard to be good and do it.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah