Julie Anne Peters Quotes
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Year after year. "Please don't make me go [to school]" "You have to go," Kim would say. "It's a new school, make a new start." "Sticks and stones." from Chip. Words will only kill you.
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No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.
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I throw him two bones: a smile and a nod. Both lies.
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Mom's eyes blazed. "Are you sleeping with her?" Oh, god. Did we have to do this here? Now? "Well, actually," I smirked, "we don't get a lot of sleep.
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I hope they remember the good stuff, when I was a baby, a toddler, when they still had hopes and dreams for their little girl, their miracle child. In truth they were good to me. They were only doing what they knew how to do; what they thought was best.
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His invitation lingers. So does my question. Why me? I don't know the answer. When I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a starving, stunted bird who never grew wings and lost all reason to sing.
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That earns him a smack with my book bag. "Ow." He clutches his arm. "What do you have in there? Books?" A grin snakes across his face. "I like my women feisty." He adds, "I like my broken.
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Take it as a token. Because tomorrow when I go, I want you to believe friends are possible.
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I'm scared. What will tomorrow bring? It has to be better than today. It has to.
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I have no intent. I have no reason to live, that's all. When I'm gone, I don't want to be remembered.
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Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.
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How will you be remembered? As a loner and a loser.
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You can't trust machines. You can't trust people.
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Who becomes you? No one. No one should become me. When I die, I don't want my body or soul inhabited. I wouldn't wish me on anyone.
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I may be fat and ugly, but I'm not stupid. If anyone had ever gotten past my looks, they might've noticed I have a brain.
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What will I become? Because I won't be me any longer. That will be a relief. I dont want to be the helpless person I've always been.
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I close my eyes and black out the day. The exhaustion of living through it, surviving.
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Because no one can be trusted.
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I know it's hard on her. If I don't tell her she'll kill me." He pauses. "That was supposed to be funny.
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This is my vision-what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of light.
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I've never been afraid of the dark. I'm more afraid of the day, of people. I love the night. The solitude. Well, I don't love it. I don't feel love. I hate people, so I hope when I get there it isn't crowded. I hope the light is a momentary phenomenon and the other side is completely black. And silent.
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Trust. That was what this was all about. If you can't trust the one you love, you don't have anything.
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That's love? To let someone beat you and be hateful to you? These people are all so... Weak. Powerless to change their lives. I know the feeling. All you can do is take it. No one understands how it beats you down.
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Really? It seems too good to be true. I don't trust it. I don't trust anyone.
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At times like this, I'm thankful I don't feel love.
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Yet, when we talked, when we were together, she seemed so familiar. Seemed to know who I was, where I was coming from. She knew me better than I knew myself, I think. She was easy to be with. And I wanted to be with her, like all the time.
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I don't have alot of people to talk to. Not alot of people are worth my time.
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I'm going to die a virgin. I like the thought if it. So pure.
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I think about my choice. Either outcome is bleak. If I stay and live through high school, go to college, get a job, what will ever change? This blackness inside will never go away. I don't make friends; I'll always be alone. If I go, at least there's hope of peace. Chance of a new and better life on the other side.
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Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.
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