i learnt to swim as i was drowning

“Don’t make the same mistake as me. Say goodbye and be gone…Be done and be free.”

“You were scared, but you still got here; don’t forget that.”

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”

“Oh what we could be if we stopped carrying the remains of who we were.”

“I come from very far within to the edge of my body to meet the sunrise.”

“You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.”

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”

“Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we’re the ones who securely tied the knot.”

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then.”

“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that you’re baring your soul, while to you it’s nothing, because you know you’ve twenty more layers to go.”

“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you for ever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: it’s not too late to recover. You’re young, you’re tough. You’re adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, lift up your head and move on.”

“I am on fire with this thought, this need, this chance to escape.”

“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.”