53 Quotes by Courtney M. Privett

The only monsters in this world are men and myths.

We are not meant to spend the rest of our lives underground. We need to go home and tell a strange story that no one will believe.

The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you.

Innocence has no place alongside immortality.

Sometimes we find we love things we never thought we wanted. And then we regret that we never wanted them at all. It's the fear of change, I think, and dread of the unknown.

I think in fiction he searches for the life he wishes he had.

Hate feeds on your heart and pollutes your mind. It makes you lose sight of reality and forces you to focus on animosity instead of love. Hate makes you less of a person, because the borders of hate are so expansive they leave no room for anything else, and then the rest of your world becomes tiny and insignificant in comparison.

I don’t know why she never believes me when I call her beautiful. Maybe for the same reason I never believe her when she calls me the same. We’re so used to being outside the normal that it’s difficult to see ourselves as anything other than bitterly-remembered insults. It may take a lifetime of calling each other beautiful before we acknowledge that we truly are.

I focus on the light I can find, and if I can't find it, I create it.