Letters Written in White Quotes

“Regret is a painful thing. Few people understand that there are three important things that leave us and can never return. Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“In the end, we are two people who exchanged our love story for broken souls. I’m no longer his rain. He’s no longer the drought. We’ve become a tsunami, and left in its path of our destruction are two little cups of sunshine striving to keep shining. Ultimately, our children pay the price for our mistakes.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“My truth is everyone else’s lies. My lies are their comfort. Telling the truth makes people uncomfortable. Who am I to cause anyone discomfort on purpose? Lying works. Lying makes it all better. Lying is my gift to everyone around me. They never even say thank you.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“Never take your present for granted because one day you will want it back.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“When I met you, I knew I would love you. When I lost you, I knew I hadn’t loved you enough.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“I know I need to stay strong, but just like rust can weaken even the strongest of metals, depression can weaken even the strongest of people.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“mental illness doesn’t listen to reason. It doesn’t even have a language of love. It only knows despair. You cannot blame yourself. You can’t allow temporary problems from your past to become lifelong regrets.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“we never know the battles others are facing. We don’t know the demons they are hiding. Everyone you have ever met is fighting something. You may have thought no one could’ve had the kind of raw deal you were dealt in life, being ailed with a mental illness, yet the truth is, many have the same or worse problems than that of your own.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“When you’re fighting a raging war inside your own head, the rules of engagement aren’t clear.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back. Not even in death.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“I’ve spent hours and hours with women who suffer from an array of mental illnesses, and there’s a common thread that runs through all of them. They’re strong and incredibly resilient people. They battle an invisible and silent disease every single day of their lives, and they fight hard.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“No, that's where you are wrong. Your mind was full of sadness and darkness. That is a very different thing entirely. On earth it's nearly impossible to know it, but our minds are not at all who we are. Our brains are just an organ. When we died, our minds died too. All of this, all of what is to come, it's your soul. Our souls never die. They are the very root of who we are, not what we are, but who we are.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“For every round peg society forces into a square hole, another brick is laid, building the walls that will eventually close us off from the possibility of living with purpose and passion.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“I just want to go write a letter to the person who created Pinterest and tell them to fuck off.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“House payments, kids, career, and the rinse and repeat of life moved in where love and promises had moved out.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“Others see depressed people as weak, and all I want to tell them is they can never imagine the amount of strength it takes for us to do something as simple as getting out of bed in the mornings.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“I’ve built walls too steep for any man to climb. I’m caged. My heart is that cage. It’s always been my strength and weakness. Unfortunately, feeling emotions so strongly has worked against me most of my life. There’s”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White