The Edge of Reason Quotes

“I’m developing a serious and ill placed fascination with my best friend.
Nothing I’ve done or tried has been able to squash it. If anything, it’s growing, developing teeth and legs that enjoy biting me in the ass and kicking me in the balls. One might call it a crush. Others who aren’t as juvenile would call a spade a spade and convince me that I’m well and truly fucked when it comes to Margot.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“Life is so painfully short. And the happy times don’t always outdo the miserable ones.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“Why do you automatically believe the worst and not the best?” “Force of habit. A result of conditioning. Self-preservation. Natural instinct to self-loathe.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“But we still haven’t found a way to erase the evils a person endures. The past is what it is. It changes us. We’re helpless against its mercy, as well as its destruction.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“I’ve worked so hard to push back the darkness within me. But at the same time, I can’t get rid of it entirely. It still lurks, despite my best efforts.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“So being vulnerable, in his mind, is like relinquishing a piece of that control to someone else. I”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“Control. That’s the name of his game. Probably because his father leaving likely made him feel out of control,”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“But running, avoidance, is only easier at first. It’s a trick of the mind that allows you to take comfort in that. I got away. I left home. But eventually, they come creeping back in. The memories. The thoughts. They deteriorate the soul. Feed from it like a parasite until all that’s left is everything you ran from in the first place.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that women all over the world have the right to read Pride and Prejudice over and over and over again.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason

“When you allow yourself to fall in love, you hand over your fears in the form of your heart to that person. After that, all you can do is hope to hell they keep it safe instead of dropping it for someone else to pick up and toy with.”
― J. Saman, The Edge of Reason