300 Milligrams Quotes

“The pop of a syringe. The snap of a tourniquet. The sharp point of a needle. A scabbed vein on the inside of my arm. Not only does it ask, it begs. I feel a tingle. Then a warmth. My eyes roll backwards and my teeth clench. For a brief moment, all of my concerns both past and present slowly disappear. All of my worries for the future disappear. I disappear. I look into the mirror and see nothing.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“The point of the needle slides in like it is where it has always belonged. My arm sucks it up like it hasn’t had a drink in weeks and I make a noise like I finished a glass of cold water in the heat.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“I can smell it while I crush it. Two drops of water. A slight smell of paint thinner. Three minutes and another knock. The small, thirsty mouth of the point of a needle. A scab screaming no more. A naked arm crying like a baby for a tit and sweet, warm milk that will put that crying baby to sleep.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“They're not lies if you believe them yourself.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“To want to save your life one minute and then end it the very next”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“A slow pull of a purple painkiller doesn't kill the pain; it makes you forget the pain until you remember”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“I stared at the ceiling until it became a sky.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“The lock on the door locks both sides and what is keeping me inside is also keeping everything else out.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“I am alone. I am afraid to be alone. I am afraid of myself. There is nothing I wouldn't do for another drink.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“We waste our lives hoping until hope is the only reason to stay alive”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“We become addicted to anything and anyone who makes us feel something until they don't, and then the addiction only gets worse.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“At the age of thirty, my only accomplishment was that I was still alive”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“The one thing that causes the pain seems like the only thing to take it away”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams

“Because the moment you think your life is about to end is the moment you feel the most alive.”
― James Thomas Austen, 300 Milligrams