A Really Awesome Mess Quotes

“When we don’t directly ask for clarification, we tend to fill in the gaps with negative thoughts. These eventually become rooted in our minds as truths, and then everyone gets stuck in a cycle of misunderstanding and miscommunication.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“Not killing yourself even when you think you want to. Takes a lot more balls to stay alive, don’t you think?”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.”
― Brendan Halpin, A Really Awesome Mess

“Because we can talk and talk and talk and we’ll never figure out why I’m screwed up. It’s just the way my brain works. Or doesn’t work. Sometimes I just start feeling numb, and then after that it gets painful, and I don’t know why.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“Are you afraid you're gonna fall out?'she asked.
'No' I said. 'I'm afraid I'm gonna jump out'
She looked at me for a long time. 'Well. Do you want to?'
'Not at all. That's why I'm so scare.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“How do you get through it?” He was asking about my latest downturn, but I guessed the question could apply to life, too. And I didn’t know the answer.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“can’t control anyone else’s actions, only how you respond to them.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“We all smiled because it was the truth: Living did take a lot more guts than giving up.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess

“Except it wasn’t really a physical pain. It was just like the act of being alive hurt so freaking much that if anybody touched me I thought I might shatter into a million pieces.”
― Trish Cook, A Really Awesome Mess