200 Quotes by A.S. King

I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.

But that's a side effect of alcohol, isn't it? Stopping to think about other people is not on the bar menu.

You know that saying about how you don't know what you have until it's gone-I already did know what I had, and now that she's gone, I know even more.

The simplest answer is to act.

I didn't think about anything past tomorrow because anything past tomorrow was just like cloud busting - it depended soley on the person looking at the clouds and it could rain any minute

It’s not just a passing comment or a racist quip in the hallway. My whole house is wallpapered with hate. My dinner is made with hate. My Christmas gifts are bought with hate. I started doing my own wash when I was ten just so my clothes can feel clean when everything else feels dirty.

I have wrinkles. I am not tortured by them. I am no one special and so what if I have wrinkles? One day I will be no one special and be dead.

Dude, what matters is if you’re happy. What matters is your future. What matters is that we get out of here in one piece. What matters is finding the truth of our own lives, not caring about what other people think is the truth of us.

Even though I know that breaking your brain is the same as breaking your arm, I’m still ashamed that my brain is broken.