Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction Quotes

“Ever scar a
reminder of my
ability to hold on.
long after the let-go
became the logical choice.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“Did you know that when a female fly
accepts the pheromones put off by a male
it rewrites her brain, destroys the
receptors for pheromones?
Sensing the change,
the male fly does the same.
When flies love each other,
they do it so hard
that they can never love
anything else ever again.
If either one dies before procreation,
that is the end of both sets of genetic code.
Now that is dedication.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“We both fell back into our whiskey,
neither of us thinking
this would be the last time
we didn't say goodbye.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“The boy who wears his comic books like armor often sits
alone. He is more comfortable with Iron Man and his
own thoughts than he will ever be with a woman.
Because of his nervous ticks, no matter how long they
are together, she will never feel commonplace to him.
She will always know she is special.
The boy who wears his comic books like armor
tries to tell her that he loves her every day.
She does not understand.
When he says, You remind me of Psylocke,
he is not saying he actually thinks
she is a scantily clad assassin.
He is just saying, Damn girl, you must be psychic.
How else could you always know the right thing
to make me smile? You have to be a ninja.
How else could you have stolen my heart so easily?
He is saying, Dammmmmmmmnnnnnn girl,
you absolutely have to be Psylocke!
She is the only character I have ever read about
who is as graceful and daring as you are.
She does not understand.
The boy who wears his comic books like armor
is not a good lover. The way he barely touches
her makes her feel unattractive.
Like he is only doing this because she wants him to.
This could not be further from the truth.
He is simply treating her like the only thing
that has ever been this important to him before:
comic books.
He removes her clothes like he would
the slipcover from a brand new issue,
as careful not to wrinkle her clothing
as he is not to damage the plastic.
One day, she will leave him because feeling special isn’t
as important as feeling loved. He does love her.
She can’t understand. He will spend the rest of his life
wishing he were Peter Parker, knowing that if he had a
mask to remove, then, just like Mary Jane, she would be
with him forever. But he doesn’t have a mask to remove,
just an awkward smile.
He hopes that one day
that’s enough.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“I am unbreakable.
I
have
learned
to
bend.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“Write the seventh version of a poem
you know you will never share; there are
some things you are not willing to admit yet.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“Some things are holy enough
that they deserve to only be done
well. Love, cello, forgiveness.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“This is for everyone who fell in love with the let go-
who cut and cut and cut
but never gave in to the give up-
who never killed themselves.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“In all of human language,
there are only seven thousand
words for love, but more than
12 million types of beer.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“In ASL, to miss an object, you move one hand,
grasping like it just slipped by you.
But to miss a person, you point two fingers, barrel-sure,
at your own chin, like, without them, living is pointless.
I don't know if there is a sign for missing
yourself, for missing who you used to be.”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

“It's the 4th of July, a day meant to celebrate freedom and tolerance
in a country that seems to have forgotten both”
― Jared Singer, Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction