James Frey cytaty

„W życiu potrzebna jest miłość, bez niej jest wielka pustka, która dusi, zabija, męczy.”

„Wiem, że kiedy sprawy się rypią i kiedy myślę, że nie zniosę kolejnej minuty tutaj, jeżeli tylko się trzymam, trzymam się mocno i z całych sił, ten szajs zaczyna znikać. Stary miał rację, tak jak zawsze, i jego ostatnie słowa były prawdziwe. Tylko się trzymaj. Tylko się trzymaj. (…) Opowiedziałem ci tę historię z kilku powodów. Najważniejszy to ten, że kiedy się podłamiesz albo będzie ci się wydawać, że już kurwa nie pociągniesz, tylko się trzymaj, a wcześniej czy później szajs zniknie (…). Bądź bystry, bądź silny, bądź dumny, żyj honorowo i godnie i po prostu się trzymaj.”

„Nie ma nic prócz teraz i narastającej wewnątrz mnie ciszy. Cisza i wściekłość, gorąco i chłód (…) Jeżeli czegoś szukam to jest właśnie to. Spokój. Jeżeli istnieje coś co mnie powstrzyma, kiedy będzie to potrzebne to jest właśnie spokój. Nie ma gniewu, nie ma wściekłości, nie ma furii. Nie ma pragnień, potrzeb, pożądania. Nie ma nienawiści, nie ma wstydu, nie ma żalu. Nie ma bólu, smutku, przygnębienia. Nie ma lęku. Nie ma żadnego lęku. Nie da się złamać tego kto żyje bez lęku…”

„Zgubiłem się w Lesie, ale ciągle jestem na Szlaku…”

„Spogląda na mnie i uśmiecha się, nasze oczy się spotykają i ja uśmiecham się do niej. Spuszcza wzrok, a ja zatrzymuję się i patrzę na nią. Podnosi wzrok i uśmiecha się jeszcze raz. (…) Stoję i patrzę na nią, po prostu patrzę patrzę patrzę.(…) a Lilly nie rozumie, co robię i dlaczego to robię, i czerwieni się i to jest piękne.”

„Ja tylko walczę o siebie, ja tylko nie chcę umierać, ja tylko pragnę pokochać.”

“If you care about what others think of you, then you will always be their slave.”

“Leonard asks me if there's anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what's the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that's an easy one, my son, it's whatever you want it to be.”

“Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear.”

“I meet a third man he's an old man he trips in the street he falls and I help him up, walk him to the curb. He shakes my hand says keep the faith, young man. I ask him what he means, he says keep running and don't let them catch you.”

“Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work.”

“The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.”

“Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to control pain, one can learn to control oneself.”

“I turn and I slowly walk away and I don't look back. It has always been a fault of mine, but it is the way I am. I never look back. Never.”

“There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”

“More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to be close to someone. More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to feel as if I wasn't alone.”

“Part of me still loves. More of me doesn't.”

“I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.”

“Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.”

“Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.”

“Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond words beyond beyond beyond and it speaks now and it says.
Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.”

“Be content with what you have and take joy in the way things are. When you realize you have all you need, the World belongs to you.”

“And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.”

“Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is the song?”

“I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.”

“It's cold and it's winter and the world has gone to sleep”

“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.”