Punk 57 Quotes

“We’re all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“She can be a nightmare, but this still feels better than any dream.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Alone, Empty, Fraud, Shame, Fear,
Close your eyes.There is nothing to see out here.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“It gets better, you are important, and you can't be replaced. Hang on. You'll fing youre tribe.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she'd going to drag me there herself.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“No kid wants to be different. They want to belong, they desire the approval of others, and they, most often, aren’t yet mentally strong enough to be able to stand alone. As we get older, though, most of us develop that capability. We learn that nothing feels better than truly loving yourself, even if it means those around you do not. We joyously find that we just don’t give a damn anymore. And”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“You don’t have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.” He”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“We were perfect for each other. Until we met”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Life is fifty wrong turns down a bumpy road. All you can hope is that you end up somewhere nice.” “I”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“I have no life there if you're not in it. You're part of everything good I've ever done, Ryen. Please.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“It feels like shit to be alone. To be in a place full of people and feel like they don't want you there. To feel like you're at a party you weren't invited to. No one even knows your name. No one wants to. No one cares. Are they laughing at you? Talking about you? Are they sneering at you like their perfect world would be so much better if you weren't there, messing up their view?
Are they just wishing you'd get the hint already and leave?
I feel like that a lot. I know it's pathetic to want a place among other people, and I know you'll say it's better to stand in a crowd and be wrong, but... I still feel that need all the time. Do you ever feel it? I wonder if the cheerleader feels it. When the music stops and everyone goes home? When the day is gone and she doesn't have anyone to entertain herself with? When she removes her makeup, taking off her brave face for the day, do the demons she keeps buried start playing with her when there's no one else to play with?
I guess not. Narcissists don't have insecurities, right?
Must be nice.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“You kissed my hair while sticking me in the heart. But your house will break before I fall apart. -Punk”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“My eyes burn with tears, and I'm so tired. So tired of holding back everything I feel and want to say. So tired of being someone I'm not and making mistakes that I didn't have any fun making.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Misha, my best friend who got me into bed and fucked me with a lie.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“You loved me. We were besties. I lend you my eye shadow. But someday all you'll be is someone I used to know. - Punk”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Speak your mind, and you give others permission to do the same.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“The world isn’t always what’s right in front of you, you know? It’s below, it’s above, it’s out there somewhere. Every burn of every light inside every house I see when I look down from the rooftop has a story. Sometimes we just need to change our perspective.
And when I look down at everything, I remember that there’s more out there than just what’s going on in my house—the bullshit with my dad, school, my future. I look at all those full houses, and I remember, I’m just one of many. It’s not to say we’re not special or important, but it’s comforting, I guess. You don’t feel so alone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“We're all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“just remember: it gets better, you are important, and you can’t be replaced. Hang on. You’ll find your tribe.   Penelope”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“He's a reminder of what I want to feel everyday, whether it's with him or on my own. He's taught me that who I am when I'm with him feels too good to sacrifice for the approval of everyone else. The way I dress, the guys I talk to, the games I play... it's all plastic, and when I'm with him, I'm gold.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Anything goes when everyone knows

Where do you hide when their highs are your lows?

So much, so hard, so long, so tired,

Let them eat until you’re ground into nothing.

Don’t you worry your glossy little lips.

What they savor ‘ventually loses it’s flavor.

I wanna lick, while you still taste like you.

Bookmark it, says the cheerleader

I promise we’ll come back to this spot.

I have shit to do first. You won’t wait a lot.

I can’t make her stay,

and I can’t watch her go.

I’ll keep her hellfire heart,

And bookmark it ‘fore it goes cold.

Fifty-seven times I didn’t call

Fifty-seven letters I didn’t send,

Fifty-seven stitches to breathe again, and then I fucking pretend.

Fifty-seven days to not need you

Fifty-seven times to give up on you

Fifty-seven steps away from you,

Fifty-seven nights of nothing but you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“You want to be loved without risking consequence, so you reach out to get the attention you need while enjoying the luxury of taking no responsibility for those words.” I”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“You turn me on.” He cups my face, brushing my hair away from my eyes and a tear off my cheek.”
“God, you turn me on. You're driving me crazy. I want you to need my hands on you. Do you?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“I’ve wanted everything in my life to change for so long, and when it’s finally about to, my urge to escape slows down. I think that’s why people stay unhappy for so long, you know? Miserable or not, it’s easier to stick with what’s familiar.

Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Anything to not need you, Anything to not fall for you, Anything to look at a girl who’s not you, But baby, there’s nothing but you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“I bite my bottom lip, trying not to cry. I never cry in front of them.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she's going to drag me there herself.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Spread on your bravery, line the eyes and the lips,” I say under my breath as I write on the paper, “glue up the cracks and paint over the rips.” I”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Don’t change, Ryen wrote in a letter once. There’s no one like you, and i can’t love you if you stop being you. I guess I shouldn’t say that, but I’m a little drunk right now-just came back from a party when I saw your letter-but what the hell? I don’t care. You knew I love you, right? You’re my best friend.
So don’t ever change. This is a big ass world, and when we leave our small towns, we’re going to find our tribe. If we don’t stay true to ourselves, how will they recognize us? (Both of us, because you know we’re on the same tribe, right?)
And even if it’s just the two of us, it will be the best.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“A picture is worth a thousand words,

But my thousand words slice deeper.

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,

Fuck that. I’ve become a hide and seeker.

Treat others how you want to be treated,

But what if tonight I want to be burned?

You told us it’s better to be safe than sorry,

And little sister listened, but I was the one who learned.

Reap, reap, reap, you don’t even know,

All you did suffer is what you did sow!

Necessitate, medicate, eradicate, resuscitate.

Swallow your Pearls, but for me it was too late.

Do better, be more, too many, too much,

I’m about to fucking choke, I can’t force it down.

So string up the little Wisdoms and wrap them ‘round my neck,

I’ll strangle myself with your Pearls of Wisdom and die a wreck.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57