"My Heart and Other Black Holes" Quotes
Two teenagers form a suicide pact but find unexpected hope and connection with each other.
young adult | 302 pages | Published in 2015
Quotes
Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape.
I feel like a defective model, like I came off the assembly line flat-out fucked and my parents should have taken me back for repairs.
Sometimes you just have to live for the small things, like a job well done.
Life can seem like a series of pointless activities, but sometimes, just sometimes, something meaningful can come out of them.
We all walk through this world with hearts and minds that no one else truly understands.
Depression is a war, you either win or die trying.
The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends.
You can’t just wake up one day and decide you don’t want to feel that way anymore. You can’t will yourself to be happy.
The truth is, life is full of chasms, and it’s our job to bridge them.
It’s like a big black wave, all my feelings rising to the surface, ready to drown me again.
