A Strangely Wrapped Gift Quotes

“I wish
I coud be okay
with unrequited love,
but I am not
a wolf and you are
not the moon.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“Here’s to the kids
getting high off music
and drunk off books.
Sometimes,
these good drugs
are the only things
keeping them alive.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I don’t want someone to put me back together; I want someone to love my pieces, even the jagged ones.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“no torture is worse than being in love with a memory.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“It is a strangely-wrapped gift; the wrong person saying goodbye at the right time.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“Taking a serotonin pill does not make you weak. Neither does refusing it.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I don’t believe in love at first sight
but I believe in not knowing
what you want until you see it
and people too beautiful to absorb
and the possibility of forever.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I cannot recall
the last time
I woke up and felt okay,
but that doesn't mean
I won't feel okay again.

--Hope”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I had a dream that I was real,
but woke up and
went back to not being sure. (On Depersonalization)”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“They say we’re trying so hard to be authentic, we have forgotten the meaning of the word. I say, we are just trying to find something -anything- that feels right. (Millennials I)”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“They did not make you stronger.
They did not make you better.
They simply complemented a time in your life.
But that time has passed,
and you are not broken because you have lost, and you are not damaged because you are hurting

--You Do Not Need Them”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I give
too many chances
to people who
don't deserve them,
but who could
condemn a heart
that keeps believing
even when it shouldn't?

--Chances”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I once read
that feeling lonely
means I need to
get to know myself.
but what if I'm lonely
because I know myself too well?

--Lonely”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I dump sugar
carelessly
into my morning coffee
and I wonder
if we too
will dissolve
as soon as we are
done falling

(Commuter Thoughts)”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I am never lonelier
than when I am with
the wrong people.

--Wrong People”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“she knows that good things take time.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“But always, I feel the ocean that is you within me.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“It is an insult
to the world
to water yourself
down,
to shallow
your waters,
to dull your shine.

--Insult”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“Listen, can you hear?


Your pain is telling you something.
Let go of what is hurting you.

--Listen”
― Emily Juniper, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“I want to stay in this space with you where tomorrow doesn’t matter and yesterday is but a fading memory. You and I; this moment. That is my forever. (My Forever)”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“And there she was, like the night sky, just inviting me to be inspired. (Inspired)”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift

“...I want you to feel the scars on my paper wings and know that the girl standing before you had trouble learning how to fly.”
― Emily Byrnes, A Strangely Wrapped Gift