Madness Quotes

“I know what it’s like to be lost in that dark tunnel of depression. It feels hopeless. It feels like nothing will ever be right again. When I was at my lowest, I was absolutely convinced that nobody cared about me and I had no reason to stick around.” His jaw tightened and he balled his hands into fists, but he didn’t move or even flinch at my words. “But I was wrong. Life can be really beautiful. Even if happiness is a fragile thing, it’s worth fighting for.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“I wanted to tell her that depression doesn't work that way. That just because you have a moment of laughter and smiles and fun doesn't mean that you're not depressed.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“I just wanted to be free.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“In fact, if the old man who’d pulled me from the water hadn’t seen me jump, I wouldn’t be sitting in my mom’s SUV now, still hurting with a pain that I couldn’t explain or ease or wish away. I’d be gone. Somewhere better, maybe. Maybe nowhere at all. Just not here.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“The truth was, I still wanted to die.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“No matter how dark the skies got, she’d insist the sun was shining.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“Why did you do it, anyway?”  “Why did you?” A heavy silence filled the air between us.  “Because I knew death was the only way out for me. Out of the hurt of it all. Out of . . . just . . . everything.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“I was afraid of that. The pain. That’s why I took all those pills and decided on drowning. I thought it would be the least painful way to go. Kinda like going to sleep.”
― Zac Brewer, Madness

“I never said I was scared of dying. I was scared that I would fail. And I did. Still feel like a ghost ever since, though. Part of me died that day, anyway. Even though I lived. ”
― Zac Brewer, Madness