Faelost Quotes

“I can breathe where there is green. Green grows hope. It keeps my heart beating and helps me remember who I am.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“The two most common lies in our world are 'I'm fine' and 'You'll be okay'. They are said without harmful intent, and often said in an attempt to placate worries, but still they tell us it is not our place to make another person uncomfortable or to draw too much attention to ourselves. Over and over, we mindlessly repeat variations of the same two phrases as we hide within our lies and attempt to spare others from the miserable truth. I'm fine. I'm okay. You're fine. You'll be okay. Everything will be all right. We become our lies, but only on the surface. Underneath, we are not fine and they will not be okay. We all know this but we're afraid to speak it.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“The more things shatter, the more clear it becomes that the brittle and broken things will never again be made whole.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“Keep the people uneducated and underfed and they'll lavish praise on you for your generosity when you give them a scrap of bread and a pat on the head. Give them more than the minimum and you might find they're better at your job than you are, because their skills are revealed when they can focus on more than survival.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“Your heartbeat is safe and familiar and all things home. It's the dance of dust on top of the kitchen cupboards, the wind through the rosemary, the brittle flutter of textbook pages, the embrace of a memory until now forgotten.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“Don't let the silence eat you alive when your mind tries to tell you your voice isn't worth hearing.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost

“Did it hurt when your own soul ate you alive? It will hurt more when your secrets come to gnaw at your marrow.”
― Courtney M. Privett, Faelost