15 Quotes by Brianna Labuskes

As if they were worried she was one wrong word away from shattering and spilling the crazy everywhere. As if they were worried it would get all over them.

That’s what people didn’t understand about this grief. It was fundamental. The person you were before this happened was eviscerated, destroyed. In its place was someone unrecognizable.

Knowing someone, all their weaknesses, all their beautiful insecurities and vulnerabilities, all the ways to manipulate them – it gave her.

Don’t say something that’s not true because it sounds nice. Because it fits what you want it to be. Say I’m not crazy. Say I’m normal. Fine. Don’t say I’m strong when I’m not.

The headache that had started as a low thrum had worked its way up to miniature elves Riverdancing on her frontal lobe.

Maybe happiness wasn’t something everyone could get. But emotional stability was certainly underrated.

It’s strange, isn’t it? How we’re always the good guy in our own story. The protagonist.

Emotions, as always, were the enemy, dangerous and deceptive. They clouded judgments, they altered reality, they directed focus from what was important.

If you feel like you don’t have a choice, you’re just ignoring the options that you don’t want to consider.