Julie Anne Peters citations

“Sometimes I felt as if there were no tomorrows, that everything, my whole life, was crammed into one long day. A continuous stretch of meaningless time. Sometimes I even wished there was no tomorrow, if this was all I had to look forward to.”

“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.”

“I hear you. I just don't believe a word you say.”

“Everything seems to be working." Except me. I'm broken.”

“Everyone's a liar. Everyone I've ever known.”

“Stop trying to save me. You couldn't then; you can't now.”

“Never question the sanity of a woman who can render you defenseless with a look.”

“What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life.”

“There's no reason to speak. I have nothing to say.”

“Miracles don't happen. You make them happen. They're not wishes or dreams or candles on a cake. They're not impossible. Reality is real. It's totally and completely under my control.”

“Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.”

“I'm sorry you don't get it, Mom. Sometimes I don't get why I do the things I do. I just know I wake up every morning and wish I was dead.”

“But you'd sell your soul for it, wouldn't you? For one day of feeling beautiful.”

“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.”

“I had to fight so hard not to cry.”

“Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.”

“What can happen in a few minutes changes you forever.”

“Why are people so cruel? What did I ever do to them?”

“I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.”

“There's always a way out. All you have to do is take it.”

“I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal my dignity.”

“I wish I could tell my parents, " If you want to help me, help me die.”

“Would I cheat to save my soul?
No.
But to save my G. P. A.?
Yes.”

“Your failures and your faults, they stick with you. They glob into ugly, cancerous growths inside you and make you want to die.”

“I have no intent. I have no reason to live, that's all. When I'm gone, I don't want to be remembered.”

“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.”

“I'm scared. What will tomorrow bring? It has to be better than today. It has to.”

“I just want the pain to end.”

“You won't know until it's over. You won't find me in time.”