Instructions for a Second-hand Heart Quotes

“Once I'd fallen into his shadow, I couldn't find my way out, and eventually I stopped trying and decided to embrace being the difficult one.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“That’s the thing about living on borrowed time. Eventually it runs out.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“But you mustn’t waste a second on regrets and what ifs – let what happened go and move on. Follow these instructions: Take risks – don’t let fear hold you back. Do the list – I know you won’t want to but you must. And lastly, most importantly of all, learn how to live.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“Serious illness scars the mind as well as the body.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“It’s a risk. But that’s the thing about taking risks – you’re only half alive without them.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“I read this article online once about how people who are drowning don’t look like they are – they don’t wave their arms around and splash, they don’t cry out or scream, because they’re too busy trying to breathe. Ever the strong can drown; quietly, without fuss, while everyone else thinks they’re fine.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“I like numbers, they’re steady and predictable. One follows another and there’s something soothing in their dependability, comfort in the knowledge that I’ll never run out.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“It sucks. Everything falls apart. No one knows what to say so they mumble the same old crap, dumping their own emotions on top of yours. But the worst thing is that everyone thinks they understand how you feel, when they don’t have the first clue.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“I don’t mind talking about the present but if I try to think of what I’ll be doing even a month from now, everything goes dark. I don’t trust the future; it wants to swallow me up. But now is okay. Now is safe.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart

“No matter how much he hurt me, I need to make sure he's okay. And besides, if having Leo for a brother taught me anything, it's that love isn't a tap you turn off when you don't want to care any more. It seeps into your soul, wears a path to your heart and leaves an unbearable emptiness when it's gone.”
― Tamsyn Murray, Instructions for a Second-hand Heart