Cat Clarke, Undone
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"Everyone thought that things were getting back to normal. They had no idea that normal didn’t exist for me any more. Normal had been smashed on the rocks beneath the bridge."
"It's too late.I chose life too late."
"To be perfectly honest, it scared me a little. You get so used to seeing the same thing in the mirror every day you stop thinking about what you look like."
"I can just close my eyes and let myself fall into oblivion. Maybe I'll hit the exact same rocks and my blood will mingle with his and maybe there's some kind of life after death and he's waiting for me there with his hand outstretched just like mine.But...I don't want to die.I try to twist my body backwards and pain shoots up my neck.It's too late.I chose life too late."
"I know people think suicide is selfish, and maybe sometimes it really is. But what happened to Kai was beyond what anyone should have to cope with. I didn’t blame him, not really. It just broke my heart that I wasn’t enough to keep him here."
"It’s amazing, the lies you can tell yourself. Even more amazing, the lies you can believe when you’re desperate enough."
"Everyone’s got secrets, Jem. It’s what makes people interesting."
"Has this version of me been lurking there all along, somewhere deep below the surface, biding its time, waiting for its chance to make an appearance?"