James Frey: Trending quotes (page 2)

“The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.”

“Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.
Cry.
Cry.
Cry.”

“But love is different for every person. For some it's hate, for some it's joy, for some it's fear, for some it's jealousy, for some it's torture, for some it's peace. For some it's everything.”

“Be smart, be strong, be proud, live honorably and with dignity, and just hold on.”

“You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible.”

“Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.”

“Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests.
Why?
You tell me.
I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured out how shitty things are and we decide addiction is the only way to deal with it.”

“This is how it has always been with me. Give me something good, I’ll destroy it. Love me, I’ll destroy you. I have never felt deserving of anything in my life.”

“Laughing and Love. They are both drugs.”

“And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.”

“I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.”

“What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.”

“Sleep is still difficult I sleep for three or four hours a day. Usually sometime in the afternoon. I walk in the cold, keep myself numb. I cry less, and less." (James Frey, pg.88)”

“To live with angels and chase their dreams.”

“And even though people try to pretend that pain doesn't do anything to them, none of us can really handle it. Everything bad we do in our life is because of pain of some kind.”

“Live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes and deal with it, everything will be okay.”

“The promise of eternal life makes people forsake the life they're given.”

“I go to my Room and I drink and I smoke some cigarettes and I think about her. I drink and I smoke and I think about her and at a certain point blackness comes and my memory fails me.”

“She made me feel better than I have ever felt, better than I imagined I could feel, and it scared me, it scared me to the point of paralysis.”