“Sometimes it's a revelation, even to me, how much more comfortable I am with cruelty than with kindness.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“I understand how sometimes you have to pass the pain around in order to survive it.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“I knew well the painful futility of reaching for more than you were ever likely to get, how much easier it was to simply… — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's a revelation, even to me, how much more comfortable I am with cruelty than with kindness.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“how sometimes you have to hurt people just to prove that you’re alive.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater that my hate, my mercy… — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“How do you measure the life of one person against the greater good? Can it ever be the right thing to sacrifice an innocent… — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“One summer is enough. Hell, sometimes one day is all it takes to change your life.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“The air between us is thick with tension, a powder keg of emotion that I know is set to explode no matter how hard… — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“And maybe that’s love, too—feeling the other person’s hurts like your own.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“The sharp tap of hail begins against the window panes like bony fingers trying to find a way inside.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“We're all fucked up, Lane, one way or another. It's only a matter of degree.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
“No one had to explain to me the power our childhoods had over us, even when we fought like hell against them.” — Amy Engel Copy Share Image
