“Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of the world ripping apart.” — Autumn Doughton Ripping Copy Share Image
“Real life is me searching for answers but winding up feeling more lost than ever. Looking” — Autumn Doughton Feeling Copy Share Image
“I guess, sometimes the most inexplicable things end up being the ones that work the best.” — Autumn Doughton Inexplicable Copy Share Image
“His fingers trace letters on my flesh. He's handing me back my own words. This is real” — Autumn Doughton In this moment Copy Share Image
“You know, I never should have let you not be my friend. It's not healthy for either of us.” — Autumn Doughton Friend Copy Share Image
“Then I'd say that I'm fucking sick and tired of getting in the way of myself.” — Autumn Doughton 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… — Autumn Doughton Shock 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 Coming Copy Share Image
“This girl is some strange cross-pollination of wide-eyed innocence and tear-your-balls-off scrappiness and all I can think is, where the hell has… — Autumn Doughton Girl Copy Share Image
“And, you know, when all is said and done, it really is better to wind up feeling scared and stupid than not… — Autumn Doughton Feeling 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.… — Autumn Doughton Music Copy Share Image
“I’m so far gone that I almost lift her face and kiss her on the mouth. I almost admit to her that… — Autumn Doughton Insane Copy Share Image
“You dump trash. You dump yard waste and old ripped couches that smell like body odor and forgetfulness. You dump cigarette butts… — Autumn Doughton Body odor Copy Share Image
“That's it. I've had enough of this talking crap. I reach my hands up. I cup his chin and bring his mouth… — Autumn Doughton Reach Hands Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to say how it happens. How all of the bits of me – even the broken ones – start to… — Autumn Doughton Falling in love 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 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… — Autumn Doughton Experiencing Copy Share Image
“Try, but not too hard. Go, but not too far. Jump, but wear a parachute to stop your fall. Is that how… — Autumn Doughton Fall Copy Share Image
“Maybe the problem with lying is that once you start faking it, it's impossible to tell where the make-believe you ends and… — Autumn Doughton Be yourself Copy Share Image
“In fact, I noticed everything about Alex. Like that his left nostril was slightly larger than his right nostril. And the way… — Autumn Doughton Alex Like Copy Share Image
“As I move to the front office, I bring the warm copies to my face and breathe them in. This is a… — Autumn Doughton Front office Copy Share Image
“I can barely breathe but I think that his lips might be better than oxygen at the moment.” — Autumn Doughton Autumn-doughton Copy Share Image
“We don't want to lose you. Didn't she realize that I was already gone.” — Autumn Doughton Gone Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things don't work out like we plan. Like, maybe life has other things in mind.” — Autumn Doughton Life Copy Share Image
“I'm being fair, it was the best kiss of my life- a kiss that finds all your seams and pulls them apart,… — Autumn Doughton Best kiss 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… — Autumn Doughton Door 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 Autumn-doughton Copy Share Image
“When he speaks into my hair, it is barely a whisper. 'Willow, it's never too late. And there's always a way to… — Autumn Doughton Beginnings Copy Share Image
“After all of it… the good, the bad, the in-between… If I told you that I love you, what would you say?” — Autumn Doughton Love Copy Share Image
“Look, haven't you ever heard that musicians play from the heart? Well, I can't be expected to play in California when my… — Autumn Doughton Miles away Copy Share Image
“This is no shy, just-between-friends kiss. This is a kiss unlike any that I've ever had. It's the kiss of a hundred… — Autumn Doughton Kiss Copy Share Image
“A new song begins, and in the dark, we listen, letting lyrics about love and suffering and hope fall over us.” — Autumn Doughton Dark Copy Share Image
“So say what you have to say but don’t ask me to understand or see things your way. You don’t get my… — Autumn Doughton Permission 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 Bird Shit 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 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… — Autumn Doughton Snot Copy Share Image
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth,” Ben reads. “The iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple… — Autumn Doughton Apple pie Copy Share Image
