girl, isolated Quotes

“everything is on fire but it feels impolite to scream about it”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“May my dreams come true. May my enemies eat shit. Times are tough but I’m a fucking nightmare.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“Yes it's true, the horrible things remain horrible
and even your mother won't always agree with you
and the weather is so heavy
all it does is remind you that you're not being touched.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“the constant threat of new Taylor Swift songs”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“You touched me more than once with tenderness and I never mistook it for affection. I know the code of miserable people. I was the rat trap for your loneliness. And the rat. And the loneliness. See how much poison I can swallow when it’s hand-fed?”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I know I don’t feel like myself but I’m starting to forget what that felt like at all”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“DON’T BE AFRAID TO PEEL YOUR CLEMENTINE-HEART IT’S OKAY TO HAND THE PIECES OUT TO STRANGERS”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I am writing bad poems but I am writing look at that”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“grief like a summer storm sudden grief like wine from the bottle an outpouring”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“Wouldn’t have to hate yourself if you were dead, though her brain counters.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“depression is a monster with many heads and all of them are looking for me.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I’d rather hold a grudge than have an empty hand. At least it’s something.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I’ll do anything if you say my name three times. I need to be reminded that I exist.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I usually don’t feel like I belong anywhere but sometimes
      there’s this glimmer of feeling like maybe I could      and I want to chase that even if I never catch it”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“Black lives fucking matter / anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise / and the police care more about property than people / it’s true there was another suicide down the street / and yes your ex-favorite childhood author is the transphobic bigot of the year / things do get worse as soon as you think they can’t / I forget why I used to like to leave the house”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“You’re going to be happy again. Your own delight is going to catch you so off guard one day. I don’t know when it’ll happen or how long it’ll take but that future where you’re loved and joyous, it’s waiting for you. And it’s content to wait. You don’t need to go chasing it down right now. It’ll find you. All you have to do now is rest. Breathe. Tend to yourself. You’ll find your way home.”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“I usually don’t feel like I belong anywhere but sometimes
      there’s this glimmer of feeling like maybe I could”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.

“a wish a hand on my face, some assurance that I exist outside of other people’s perceptions of me, a voice calling my name from the dark saying you’re so loved you’re so loved you’re so loved”
― Trista Mateer, girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc.