The Darkest Secret Quotes

“while you must strive to tell the truth, you must first ask yourself: is it kind and is it helpful?”
― Alex Marwood, The Darkest Secret

“The hoard here is just as regimented, kept hidden from prying eyes by its obsessive use of containers. But I know from looking in that cupboard that inside those cardboard boxes is a wormhole to a world of chaos. That is what she was always like, I suppose, rigid control on the surface, and the howling void beneath. That's why so many people cling so desperately to their semblances of discipline, their habits, schedules, routines, diets, personal trainers, personal grooming, theories of morality. It's all about the fear of the chaos beneath. It's certainly true of India, nothing in her life is real unless it's been ticked off on a list. For us, the recognition of the void came so early that we were always going to go one of two ways, spend our lives fighting valiantly to hold back the tide the way she does, or, like me, accept the truth and let the chaos reign.”
― Alex Marwood, The Darkest Secret

“More people should understand what a gift it is, growing up thinking you're a nobody.”
― Alex Marwood, The Darkest Secret