Forget Me Not

“I was the one who was fragile, though I didn't know at the time just how easy it would be for me to SHATTER.”
(Chapter:When he saw Brianna)

“But then I remember she's not my friend anymore. So why do I still care?”
(Chapter:Out The Window)

“That's what Ms. Lane, my writing teacher, would say. Spill it out onto the page. Sometimes it's the only way for thoughts heavy as bricks to become feathers and fly away.”
(Chapter:Write It Out)

“I wonder— if I found a mask, put it on, and tied it fast, would I be okay again?”
(Chapter:Elijah Wears Black)

“It seemed to me that only words and rhymes made any sense. Only they were safe. Nouns and verbs constructed in straight lines made the world a saner, safer place.”
(Chapter:The Bell Rings)

“I never really felt alive unless I was up onstage. It's like that old saying, “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it make a sound?” If I'm here but nobody sees me, am I really alive?”
(Chapter:A Christmas Carol)

“THERE'S SOMETHING DARK in the corner of the hallway, but every time I try to look, it disappears. There's something cold in the corner of the hallway, but every time I go to check it out, it moves away. There's something talking to me from the corner of the hallway. I can't see what it is, but I lean in close to listen. I used to hear voices in the halls, whispering things like slut, liar, whore I hear voices on the H Hall, too, even though there's nobody here but me. They're telling me this is the only place where Nobody can touch me. Nobody can hurt me. Nobody can reach me. “You can stay here forever,” they whisper.”
(Chapter:There's Something Dark)

“To be friendless in a crowd is the worst kind of loneliness.”
(Chapter:Third Lunch)

“Looks like I will spend the whole day on the hallway. Watching other kids, wondering if their lives are hopeless and screwed up like mine.”
(Chapter:I'm Definitely)

“But I don't get to write your story. I must leave that up to you. I just hope you understand, it isn't through.”
(Chapter:The Stage)

“THINGS THAT FALL Night falls. Water falls. Snow falls, soft and wet, gathering on tree branches and dirty streets. People fall in love, out of love, to sleep. Sometimes they even fall from rooftops. And sometimes they j u m p”
(Chapter:Things That Fall)

““If you're all suicides, then what's your story?” I ask the Hangman. “You don't seem like the self-destructive type.” “I'm not,” he replies. “I fell. Unfortunately I had a rope around my neck at the time.” “Who put it there?” I ask. “I did. But I didn't want to die. I just wanted to get somebody's attention. You know all about that, don't you, Ally?””
(Chapter:How it Happened)

“I feel my life unraveling like yarn. The strands come loose, and then they fly away. What happens when I reach the end of it? Make a knot and hold on, or let go?”
(Chapter:Dear Frank)

“When you missed that curve, did it cross your mind, that I might be following behind?”
(Chapter:Follow the Leader)

“and I wonder how people have the guts to stay so long on such an angry planet. “
(Chapter:The Residents of ICU)

“We're all a little ruined, I guess”
(Chapter:When We Leave)

“The real job will be finding out who I am inside, because that's all I've got left”
(Chapter:My Body)