YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE Quotes

“When someone begins to care, they gesticulate divergently — by anticipating without planning, sensing without explaining — thus, developing invisible reflexes. Before one knows, things are already being done — quietly, gracefully.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“In its purest, care hides its own existence. Its strength lies in its humility. And in its silence lies its eloquence.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Words can promise, but only actions can endorse.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Care doesn’t desire to be loud, declared, or even visible — it resides in gestures, respires in silence. Too small to notice. Too subtle to discern.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“You know, when someone dies and you bury them, there’s closure. And when there’s no body, no goodbye… the loss feels unfinished.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Human relations are also like learning to swim… one begins in fear, keeps thrashing against something that feels infinite, gets panicked. And when you calm yourself down and stop resisting… surrendering to the symphony of it… it is only then when you start to stay afloat.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“It’s not the strength that keeps a swimmer from drowning… it’s calm.
And the same calm that sustains a swimmer… also sustains your heart.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Conducting yourself through emotions is like swimming.
When you panic in water, you drown.
And… when you calm yourself down, you start to float.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Regrets are not punishments, but unfinished, unspoken sentences are.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“She hadn’t actually wanted to end her life that night — she actually wanted to kill something inside her.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“She hadn’t actually wanted to end her life that night — she actually wanted to kill
something inside her.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Any unspoken love dies twice… once in heart… and once going to the grave.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“One morning, they found him gone.
Gone forever.
And all I was left with… was that unspent kindness.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“You didn’t understand it yet… playing childish is the key to make him agree.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Hmm… if yelling at me makes you feel okay… then we can continue. I can even make some more tea for the second round.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Families are fragile. We think, love alone will hold them. But pride, silence, injustice, and time… they tear them apart.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“If you ever love something, don’t wait for the right time. Time will never be right.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“But safe things… they don’t sing.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Remember, no one… no one can write the end of your story, except you.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair

“Every one of us is granted with a pen… an invisible, but the most precious one.
With it… you can write your own story.
For that, you have an option.
You can either write your story yourself or let someone write it for you.
You should write it yourself... or at least, don't hand that pen away to someone, who doesn’t deserve it.”
― Sam P. Grace, YOU DON’T WANT TO DIE: Life Renews in the Depths of Despair