quotes that broke me starters
feel free to adjust pronouns / names as needed !
quotes taken from random sources or tiktok. i claim no ownership whatsoever.
âť›  i’m supposed to be the one who protects you from monsters. i’m not supposed to be one. ❜ Â
âť›  if i could make a deal with god, and i’d get him to swap our places. ❜ Â
âť› Â no one heard our screams for a long time. Â âťś Â
❛  i know so many last words. but i’ll never know hers. ❜ Â
❛  there is a home for every departed thing. ❜ Â
âť› Â it reminded me that i will never truly know you. Â âťś Â
âť› Â i also buried a part of myself alongside them. Â âťś Â
âť› Â after you died i could no longer hold a funeral. so my life became the funeral. Â âťś Â
âť›  you don’t have to be awake to cry. ❜ Â
❛  forgive me, for all the things i did. but mostly the things i didn’t do. ❜ Â
❛  the human eye is the loneliest creation of all.  ❜ Â
âť›  fairness is for happy people. ❜ Â
âť› Â the things we lost will always be heavier than the things that stayed. Â âťś Â
âť›  perhaps it is the greater grief, to remain on the earth when another is gone. ❜ Â
âť› Â you stain the pages with yourself. Â âťś Â
❛  tears will not wash away the sorrow.  ❜ Â
âť› Â beautiful things grow a certain height and then they fall and fade off. Â âťś Â
âť› Â Â who in all these centuries has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Â âťś Â
âť›  i have scars on my hands from touching certain people  ❜ Â
âť› Â despite everything, i believe that people are really good at heart. Â âťś Â
❛  you tried to change, didn’t you?  ❜
âť›  you can’t make homes out of people. someone should have taught you that. ❜ Â
âť› Â i hid my deepest feelings so well, i forgot where i placed them. Â âťś Â
âť› Â we have no scar to show for happiness. we learn so little from peace. Â âťś Â
âť›  i didn’t leave because i stopped loving you. i left because the longer i stayed, the less i loved myself.  ❜ Â
âť› Â at every moment in our life, we have one foot in a fairytale & the other in the abyss. Â âťś Â
❛  there are too many sad eyes on happy faces.  ❜ Â
âť›  it’s strange, i felt less lonely when i didn’t know you.  ❜ Â
❛  things change, friends leave. life doesn’t stop for anybody.  ❜ Â
âť› Â it takes a lifetime to die, and no time at all. Â âťś Â
âť› Â i am deathly afraid of almosts. of coming close to what i want and then falling just a little short. Â âťś Â
âť› Â i felt your absence. Â âťś Â
âť› Â what do we do now, now that we are happy? Â âťś Â
❛  you honestly thought anybody would love you? purely and truly love you? ❜ Â
âť›  don’t stop looking. he deserves to know someone saw his end, that someone noticed him.  ❜ Â
❛  i can bear my pain so long as it has meaning. ❜ Â
âť› Â i dont have a single friend - not one. Â âťś Â
âť›  i’ve had more than enough pain in my life, what’s a little more going to do?  ❜ Â
❛  it would have been you if i met you first.  ❜ Â
❛  i really thought he was going to be my forever.  ❜ Â
❛  maybe in the next life it would work.  ❜ Â
âť›  in spite of everything, you’re still you.  ❜ Â
âť› Â the dead have it easy. Â âťś Â
âť›  there’s an ocean of silence between us, and I’m drowning.  ❜ Â
âť›  there have been countless times in my life when i thought i’d be better off dead.  ❜ Â
âť›  what on earth… have i become?  ❜ Â
❛  don’t look at me! i don’t … i don’t want you seeing me like this.  ❜ Â
âť›  i wish i could’ve been like you.  ❜ Â
❛  your fate was sweeping you away, like a flood.  ❜ Â
âť› Â the future should know the mistakes we made. Â âťś Â
âť› Â of course you have. you feel guilt. you want redemption. Â âťś Â
âť›  i’m here because you can’t accept what you’ve done. it broke you.  ❜ Â
âť›  even now, after all you’ve done, you can still go home.  lucky you . âťś Â
âť›  you’re all that’s left, and we can’t live this lie forever.  ❜ Â
❛  prometheus gave us light, and warmth, and eternal damnation.  ❜ Â
âť› Â take a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act. Â âťś Â
❛  i know i ruined your life. i suffer for it every day.  ❜ Â
âť›  don’t let yourself get killed for… for pride. i’ve seen it kill too many folk. ❜ Â
❛  you and me, we ain’t decent… but those folk… they were.  ❜ Â
âť›  we’re more ghosts than people.  ❜ Â
âť›  despite my best efforts to the contrary… it turns out i’ve won.  ❜ Â
âť›  i gave you all i had … i did. ❜ Â
âť›  this whole time, I’ve blamed myself for that decision.  ❜ Â
âť›  do you think even the worst person can change…? That everybody can be a good person, if they just try? âťś Â
❛  i don’t want to break their hearts all over again. it’s better if they never see me.  ❜ Â
âť›  please leave me alone. i can’t come back. i just … can’t, okay? ❜ Â
âť›  no matter the struggles or hardships you faced… you strived to do the right thing, you refused to hurt anyone. âťś Â
❛  people like you don’t ever want to be happy.  ❜ Â
❛  i don’t want to let go. i’m not ready to say goodbye yet.  ❜ Â