Boys Don't Cry Quotes

“People are still afraid to say that you died. That you are dead. They say you passed away, as if you are just gone somewhere unreachable, that you are still here. Sorry for your loss, I hear over and over. What does that even mean? Your loss? It gets stuck right in the knot of anger balled tight in my chest, because lost is tied to hope, which is connected to found, as if you will be returned to me at some point, so how can I ever let you go, if you are still there, holding on, waiting for me to find you. They say that time heals, but that’s just so fucking wrong. There’s this big gaping hole that will never be filled, that will never be healed, but it does become more bearable, I will give them that.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“watched as you took your last breath, held your hand as it turned cold, watched as death crawled into you, suffocating you, to never let you go.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“never seen Da cry. He tells us that crying is a sign of weakness. That boys don’t cry. That boys should never cry. So we don’t. Ever. Unless we’re in private, when nobody sees. Da”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“I wish I could be there, son," he said. I could hear his voice crack and he coughed to shake it all away. "But you are here, Da," I said, and I hugged my Transformer closer to me, and the cracks were getting louder and his voice was getting harder to hear, but then I heard them call 'Time's up', on the other end of the phone, and the last words from my Da ever to me. "You were always the very best of us all".”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“The vividness of you breathing life and energy into the rest of us that you left behind.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“They say that time heals, but that’s just so fucking wrong. There’s this big gaping hole that will never be filled, that will never be healed, but it does become more bearable, I will give them that.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“Sorry for your loss, I hear over and over. What does that even mean? Your loss? It gets stuck right in the knot of anger balled tight in my chest, because lost is tied to hope, which is connected to found, as if you will be returned to me at some point, so how can I ever let you go, if you are still there, holding on, waiting for me to find you.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“At least when there was hope we could cling to that, but once that left us, we could cling to nothing, not even each other.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“I shift in my chair, rub at my lower back, at the puncture mark that was supposed to save your life,”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“Ah you’re grand, love,’ she says, and goes over to the couch, flicks on the TV, filling the silence, suppressing the golden opportunities.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry

“That’s right, send your little Mammy’s boy to his room, God forbid he sees what a real man must do to get some fucking respect,’ he said, pushing right up against Ma, his foot still on her foot, his hand still on her hand, and all I could think of is how Granda used to get me and Joe to stand on his feet and hold his hands while he danced us around the kitchen. I don’t think Da wanted to dance.”
― Fíona Scarlett, Boys Don't Cry