Shaun David Hutchinson

“Nobody wins playing fair.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Only weirdos are happy all the time.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Knowing leads to caring.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Neatness is the trademark of a boring mind.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Possessions are distractions.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Please. I want to get better; I want to be better.” “Then you’re going to have to do it on your own.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“You have to write about yourself before you can write about anything else.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“We make choices. We make bad choices. But we still deserve the right to choose.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Artists have to learn how to paint what's in the mirror, even if what they see is a total shit show.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Maybe hell is seeing the lost loved painted over the faces of the strangers we meet.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“You believe no one is watching because it helps you sleep at night, but someone is always watching.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“He was part of our family, and we weren’t wrong for loving him.” Part”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“If a kid looks like he doesn't give a shit, it's not because he doesn't believe in himself anymore; it's because no…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“We're not words, Henry, we're people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“When someone says, "Everything happens for a reason," they're trying to convince you there's a pattern for your life, and that if…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“What happens if the world ends?" Freddie said. "Maybe it already has," I said, "and this is it. Now we have the…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“He stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts and bought me an OJ and a bagel. Bribery wasn't going to make me forgive him,…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“At the end of the day, all I have left is a house that doesn’t feel like a home anymore either. A…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Dad rattles the leash he brought in with him, and the noise causes an explosion of doggy joy beside me.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I know,” I say, slapping the ash off my palm. The words rush from my mouth before she says them. It’s easier…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“But that's life. One long tunnel. There are lights along the way. Sometimes they feel spread farther apart than others, but they're…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“It's almost August, and the last swarm of lovebugs swirls around me, their tiny connected bodies a tragedy. They're born, they fuck,…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I held on to the hope that one day I would grow up and have all the answers, just like my parents.…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“The bookstore itself was cozy but not crowded, with posters of classic novels framed and hung on the walls. And it was…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“And yet, despite being faced with so much hardship and pain, we continue to live. We continue to struggle and fight for…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I loved how the sun and salt spray perfused my skin, filling me with the memory of light. God surely meant for…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“My mom loved me no matter what I did. [...] When I really screwed up, she'd tell me that she loved me…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“It terrified me that one day I might not be the person I was; that one day I might not even remember…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“It seems silly to worry about the arbitrary moment some person long dead declared to be the end of one year and…

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“Sometimes when a star collapses, it becomes a fiery supernova, but other times the core density is so great that it quietly…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I don’t think I deserve him.” Audrey shrugged. “Probably not. But he doesn’t deserve you, either. Maybe that’s why you’re perfect for…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Up until that point everyone who gets hurt winds up fine. There's not actual loss. And then Voldemort kills Cedric Diggory and…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“When we died, the only things we’d leave behind of importance were our deeds. Our corpses would rot and our treasured belongings…

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“You can't shake hands with a clenched first,' Sayegh said.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“We had to drive to the past so that we could face the future.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“I tried to think of the right thing to say, but sometimes the right thing to say is nothing.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“There's no point reaching a destination if you arrive alone.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Like, if people shined, some would shine brighter.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

“Only someone who cares could fake not caring so well.”

— Shaun David Hutchinson