“I just feel so fucking empty sometimes and it’s so exhausting to feel nothing and everything at the same time.”

“I know your face like the back of my hand.”

“Loyalty isn’t grey. It’s black and white. You’re either loyal completely, or not loyal at all. And people have to understand this. You can’t be loyal only when it serves you.”

“Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough.”

“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don’t.”

“I assure you, I’m not put together at all. Nor am I broken. I am recovering - finding the beautiful in the ugly and stitching it into my life.”

“Sometimes all you can do is lie in bed and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.”

““It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.” Lemony Snicket , When Did You See Her Last?”

“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”

“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”

“Remind yourself that sometimes you have to wear out a record to go in search of a new one.”