Delilah Quotes

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

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

“They’re the only proof I have that I was loved.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“I’m happy. I promise,” I whisper. “I love you.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

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

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella

“I was left with nothing but a disgraced last name and two gravestones.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

“I turned around anyway, and the first thing I said was, “Mommy?”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

“They’re all dead because of me.”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

“I chose pancakes over my family”
― Ariel N. Anderson, Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella

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

“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: An Under Your Scars Novella