Borderline Quotes

“As long as we had each other, I believed we could outrun the consequences.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“It became clear that I would have to mend myself and if I couldn't then I would at least learn how to pretend.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“The day I died is the day I began to survive...”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“Through it all, my babushka stood by me, a quiet strength against the reckless choices of youth. Her love was an invisible woven blanket of protection, a reminder that even in my wildest moments, I had someone who cared enough to help me navigate the aftermath.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“I certainly couldn't admit that I swallowed laxatives like candy, just to feel something move inside me, feeling control slip through my fingers with every dose.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“I told him I never had whiskey. He said it was a magic cure for heartache. I believed him.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“I know she was there the night I died- her and Babushka Polina.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“All I could do was hide deep within the safety of my past memories.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“My soul has learned to harden and soften in equal measure- a flicker of light above the staircase I climb, barefoot still.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir

“The good did not breathe joy into me,
Did not drive away the fear- No, it spun me back into the dark,
Until I found the balance between it all.”
― Diana Kouprina, Borderline: A Poetic Memoir