“I just wanted to go to...some quiet place. To forget. To be someone else.” — Kelsey Sutton Forget Copy Share Image
“But her story isn't finished, and for once she's picked up a pen.” — Kelsey Sutton Finished Copy Share Image
“I didn’t always dread going home. But when my family began to collapse I learned to stay away, avoid getting trapped beneath… — Kelsey Sutton Family Copy Share Image
“Maggie faces me, forcing herself to smile again. It looks unnatural, as if that smile wants to shrivel and crawl away to… — Kelsey Sutton Weep Copy Share Image
“You can’t love him,” he whispers. “I’ve waited so long. Why the boy? Why is it he that pounded a hole through… — Kelsey Sutton Fear Copy Share Image
“When someone is pretending to be something, or hiding who they are or what they believe, they're really more...protecting themselves.” — Kelsey Sutton Faith Copy Share Image
“The most painful emotions are better than none at all. Ironically, we make you human.” — Kelsey Sutton Emotions Copy Share Image
“You asked me once if I ever get tired of being who I am,” he reminds me. “And the answer is this:… — Kelsey Sutton Being with someone Copy Share Image
“I may have humored you in the past, but I’m done pretending. From now on, please accept that this is what I… — Kelsey Sutton Humor Copy Share Image
“It strikes me how I’m thinking like I’m not human, myself. Like I’m not one of them.” — Kelsey Sutton Thinking Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a purpose. There are those who are unfortunate enough not to know what that purpose is, and there are those… — Kelsey Sutton Purpose Copy Share Image
“[Fear] can be a pleasure to look at, and I understand how some other humans love to experience his essence. We can… — Kelsey Sutton Beauty Copy Share Image
“It’s something I never knew about her. How bizarre that you can know your entire life, see their most hidden pains and… — Kelsey Sutton Details Copy Share Image
“Life. It’s a funny thing. Some want it, some throw it away. Some cling, some have it stolen from them. It’s terrifying…… — Kelsey Sutton Fear Copy Share Image
“Even though it can be hopeless, or unhealthy, or just stupid, we love anyway. Because that’s what love is. Choosing to give… — Kelsey Sutton Hopeless Copy Share Image
“I keep staring, and I wonder why we push people away. There are a thousands reasons, really, but I think the biggest… — Kelsey Sutton Staring Copy Share Image
“My senses are consumed by their chatter, the sound of sneakers on the floor, laughter. These people are always in motion, always… — Kelsey Sutton Laughter Copy Share Image
“Something dark moves out of the corner of my eye, and the room chills. When I glance over, I see Death, watching… — Kelsey Sutton Death Copy Share Image
“There’s no point, I want to shout back. Let me go. But that’s what love is; holding on and holding tight no… — Kelsey Sutton Death Copy Share Image
“I laugh, a sound that he cuts short with a kiss that tastes like strawberries and terror.” — Kelsey Sutton Elizabeth Copy Share Image
“If you get killed, I swear I’ll bring you back from the dead just to kill you again myself!” — Kelsey Sutton Kill Copy Share Image
“Because you are unbelievably adept at lying to yourself. Truly, I’m amazed.” — Kelsey Sutton Amazed Copy Share Image
“It’s the way humanity is; give them what they want, and it turns out it’s not what they wanted after all.” — Kelsey Sutton Humanity Copy Share Image
“With the taste of rum in my mouth and the sting of remembrance in my heart, I set my sights on the… — Kelsey Sutton Alex Copy Share Image
“If I listen hard enough, I can almost hear the stars whispering to each other. Cruel, biting whispers.” — Kelsey Sutton Astronomy Copy Share Image
“People are so complex. They want to hear the truth, but they want you to lie to them.” — Kelsey Sutton Truth Copy Share Image
“Your terror tastes just as I imagined, Elizabeth,” Fear whispers into my ear.” — Kelsey Sutton Fear Copy Share Image
“How many of them have secrets they don't want the world to know? How many of them wear masks wherever they go?… — Kelsey Sutton Mask Copy Share Image
“It’s a cloudy day out, no rain but no sun either. Unfair that on a day like this there shouldn’t be brilliance… — kelsey sutton Cloudy Copy Share Image
“I gaze up at the moon, thinking of how similar we are. One side always hidden while the other shines so bright.” — Kelsey Sutton Moon Copy Share Image
“In the end it wasn't death or terror that shattered them. It was someone else's love. How poetic.” — Kelsey Sutton Death Copy Share Image
“...where there should be remorse, regret, longing, grief, there is, of course, only me. The black hole, the white canvas, the empty… — Kelsey Sutton Black hole Copy Share Image
“I can’t help comparing [Courage], over and over, to his brother. Fear has a bright façade and dark insides; his horror and… — Kelsey Sutton Comparison Copy Share Image
“It just wasn’t supposed to end like this.” She looks at me with red-rimmed eyes and yellow skin. Colors should be a… — Kelsey Sutton Continues Copy Share Image