The Suffering Quotes

“There's nothing sadder than a book that hasn't been cared for, a book too broken to read.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“It would be a really bad idea to let this person loose.”

“How bad of an idea?”

“Kicking-Hitler-out-of-art-school bad.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“The air changes. Then that invisible spider crawls up my spine, tickling the hairs behind my neck.

I have come to know this spider these last couple of years. It whispers there’s something else in the room, breathing with you, watching you, grinning at you.

I hate that damn spider.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Everybody knows a killer,” I say, “even if they don’t know they do.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Maybe this was a selfish choice. Someone nobler than me might have given Okiku the final peace she deserves. Someone with less baggage that she would have let him.

But flawed as we are, we are perfect together.

After all, I'm no hero.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“There’s nothing sadder than a book that hasn’t been cared for, a book too broken to read. Still,”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“It’s odd how some decisions we make when we feel we have no other choice are the same ones we make when we do.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“But the beauty of the mourning ritual is that love can transform even the vilest, most twisted energy into a thing of redemption.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“It seems fitting that one must give up the greatest power in private without the benefit of an audience. It proves that you are giving it up willingly in exchange for something infinitely more important.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Okiku was the first person in my life who was completely mine, in the same way that I was the only person that had ever been completely hers. She taught me to face my inner demons, that their presence did not mean I was broken. She loved my darkness, and I loved her light.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“I think we should just let things happen as they come. No promises to make, no promises to keep. Let’s just enjoy each other’s company for as long as we’re able to.” I take a deep breath, and the cold night air fills my lungs. “Because if I’ve learned anything these last couple of years, it’s to spend every moment you can with the people you want to be with.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Sometimes, you try to forget about the pain in your past,” I say, sinking to the floor beside her, “and you run as fast as you can, thinking you can leave it behind if you run far enough. But it has a way of sneaking back when you least expect it. Sometimes, the only way you can escape is to turn around and confront it.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Certain elements can nurture or destroy others, according to wu xing, a Chinese philosophy often associated with feng shui. Metal weakens wood; wood weakens earth; earth weakens water; water weakens fire; and fire weakens metal.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Metal weakens wood; wood weakens earth; earth weakens water; water weakens fire; and fire weakens metal.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“A lifetime of talking to therapists has taught me the right manners to display, so he believes I’m fine, even when I don’t believe that myself.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“People always bring their ghosts with them, holding on to them like faded photographs.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“There’s nothing sadder than a book that hasn’t been cared for, a book too broken to read.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Great. Schrödinger’s ghost.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Don’t let those action heroes in movies fool you—falling twenty feet onto a stone floor is a bitch.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

“Do not let the kannushi take him. There is great risk.” Okiku’s reply brings an ache to my chest: “I risk all for him.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering