“We don't want to lose you. Didn't she realize that I was already gone.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Then I'd say that I'm fucking sick and tired of getting in the way of myself.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“His fingers trace letters on my flesh. He's handing me back my own words. This is real” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“And on the bad days I'm not even sure that I exist anymore. Today is a bad day.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“I think they look like little pieces of green confetti decorating the grey cement walk and that seems all wrong.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“And if she wanted to, she could reach into my chest and rip my heart out of my body because it already… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Aimee, what if, she asked, you decided to let go? And I wondered if she'd been listening to me at all. Because… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Nobody wants to know about the nightmares or the riptide of memories constantly trying to drag me under. The world doesn't want… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“I'll never forget it because it was such an odd thing to say. She told me that she'd be you. You, Aimee.… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Happiness isn't something that you plan for. It comes knocking unexpectedly, just like opportunity. And it's up to you to answer the door and… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“He looks at you like you're the only person in the room. Like he's trapped underwater and you're an oxygen tank. Like he's in… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“My pulse is buzzing and my stomach is a riot of butterflies and half-digested peanut butter cookies.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Oh. My. God. I'd been dissed. Majorly. Because I was an ugly, disgusting ogre. Snot was probably pouring from my nostrils onto the ground.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“What you do need to know is this: Time moves differently when you’re getting over something big. For me, it slows—limping along on creaky… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“She looks skeptical. “A bird attacked you?” “Not quite.” I give a chagrined sigh. “A bird shit in my eye.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“It’s the kind of music you want to listen to while you lay on the grass and get lost in the sky. It feels… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think: it's one thing to know that rejection is coming, and it's an entirely different thing when it arrives.” — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“In my defense, the Easter Bunny is the weakest link in magical lore. I mean, you have to admit that the whole thing is… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
“It's not perfect, but nothing is perfect except for an idea of something," he goes on, "And if we aren't experiencing the world and… — Autumn Doughton Copy Share Image
