“Grow up. This is real. The world is ugly and nasty and fucked up, and so are we.” — Leah Raeder Fucked Copy Share Image
“That is all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.” — Leah Raeder Breathe Copy Share Image
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul and all that jazz.” — Leah Raeder Captain Copy Share Image
“Don’t come here to fuck with my head and play games. You don’t test someone’s love by leaving them.” — Leah Raeder Leaving Copy Share Image
“Some girls had mothers who never called them beautiful but swore their love up and down. It's all the same, really. All… — Leah Raeder Lies Copy Share Image
“Here’s a history of the world: Girl meets boy. Girl fucks boy. Girl gets scared and skips out on boy. Boy builds… — Leah Raeder Girl Copy Share Image
“Our gazes struck like flint and steel. And I realized that gunsmoke smell wasn’t ozone. It was us. We burned.” — Leah Raeder Burned Copy Share Image
“But this is who you are. You’re a liar, and a thief, and a junkie. I don’t hate you, Mom. I’m disappointed… — Leah Raeder Liar Copy Share Image
“I can't hold on to you. You're like a shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands.” — Leah Raeder Hold Copy Share Image
“It wasn't about flirting with death, like Mom. It was about wanting to live all the way to the seams of life.” — Leah Raeder Death Copy Share Image
“Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed villages, kidnapped princesses.” — Leah Raeder Desire Copy Share Image
“There's something so terrible about wanting something you've already had. You know exactly what you're missing. Your body knows precisely how to… — Leah Raeder Wanting Copy Share Image
“I think that lesson was the most important: that none of us actually grow up. We get bigger, and older, but put… — Leah Raeder Green grass Copy Share Image
“I'm also thinking the night I met you was like someone handed me a winning lottery ticket and said, 'You can only… — Leah Raeder Lottery ticket Copy Share Image
“What the hell am I? I thought. Too old to be a real teenager, too young to drink. Old enough to die… — Leah Raeder Old enough Copy Share Image
“That’s how you know someone loves you. When they want you to be happy even in the part of your life they’ll… — Leah Raeder Life Copy Share Image
“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with… — Leah Raeder Lesbian Copy Share Image
“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold… — Leah Raeder Better job Copy Share Image
“That's another thing about lies: if you convince yourself they're true, they become true. A lie is a discrepancy of belief, not… — Leah Raeder Faith Copy Share Image
“Don't put your life on hold for someone, or you'll wake up at 42 with an empty house and a terrifying sense… — Leah Raeder Freedom Copy Share Image
“I see the lights every night. It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one's… — Leah Raeder Every night Copy Share Image
“Things I didn't expect to do my senior year: Become a drug dealer. Become my mother. Find and lose the love of… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“Somewhere in the universe, two hearts reached out and connected.” — Leah Raeder Hearts Copy Share Image
“I respect people who get nerdy as fuck about something they love” — Leah Raeder Respect Copy Share Image
Part of falling in love with someone is actually falling in love with yourself. — Leah Raeder Fall Copy Share Image
“Nobody knows how to be a grown-up. We're all just pretending for each other.” — Leah Raeder Grown Copy Share Image
“We’re the sun and moon, Blythe.” “What does that mean?” “I turn invisible when you’re out.” — Leah Raeder Invisible Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I hook up with older guys. And then I leave them, before they can leave me.” — Leah Raeder Guys Copy Share Image
“People know their feelings much sooner than they consciously accept them.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I hook up with older guys. And then I leave them, before they can leave me. Thanks for the abandonment issues,… — Leah Raeder Older guys Copy Share Image
“This is mine, I thought as he fucked me. This body, this act, this man, all mine.” — Leah Raeder Fucked Copy Share Image
“This is ridiculous," I said, trying to laugh it off. "I never cry at movies." "Because you've never been in love," he… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“Two boys, both in varsity football, kissing under the bleachers, muscular silhouettes merging against the deep purple sky. I wasn’t the only… — Leah Raeder Secret Copy Share Image
“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it's piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it's ruthlessly making… — Leah Raeder Brain Copy Share Image
