capturing moments in time

“i’m Bob Ross. the painter from PBS?”

“i never gave up on you. i called you every night. every night for-” “353 days. i heard”

“ghost” “yeah, i see that” “halloween”

“and i wish the whole fucking world could know”

“you know this isn’t gonna end well”

“pretty. good. you look pretty good”

“every time i feel good i think it’ll last forever” ↳ “um, you smell like alcohol” ↳ “i mean, it’s halloween, right?” “but it doesn’t”

“the other thing about depression is it kind of collapses time. suddenly, you find your whole days blending together to create one endless and suffocating loop. so you find yourself trying to remember the things that made you happy. but slowly, your brain begins to erase every memory that ever brought you joy. and eventually, all you can think about is how life has always been this way. and will only continue to be this way”

"and there will be moments of relief, in her and in you. moments that feel so normal, and calm, and rewarding that... you'll find yourself praying they last forever. even though she's only a child, and all the hard parts have yet to even come. and at the age of 16, she'll overdose, spend four days in a coma, and you won't know if she'll live or die. but when she wakes up, she'll be given the opportunity to get clean, to become a different person, a better person. here's the toughest part. no matter what you say, or do, or wish, the decision will be all hers. and all you can do is hope she gives herself the chance that she deserves"

“i'm Morgan fuckin' Freeman and this is the beginning of the third act”

“to be honest, i’m not always the most reliable narrator”

“i’m so happy” “i know”

“at some point, you have to make a choice...about who you are and what you want. and therein lies the catch”

“i just showed up one day, without a map or a compass...or to be honest, anyone capable of giving one iota of good fucking advice. and i know it all may seem sad, but guess what? i didn’t build this system, nor did i fuck it up”

“you did this to me” “i’m sorry”

“i hate everyone else in the world but you”