65 Quotes by Hannah Harrington

There is so much beauty in just existing. In being alive.

Sometimes people think they want to know things, but then they hear the answer and realize they’d prefer to be in the dark.

Not every chapter of my life is going to have a happy ending, but they all do need endings, regardless.

Jake was right – I’m strong in a way June never was. Because I know that I want to be here. Even with the pain. Even with the ugliness.

Some people say that if you experience a traumatic event, your mind blacks out and represses it as a coping mechanism, so it’s just this empty void. Like selective amnesia. I guess it’s like your brain’s survival tool because if you remembered, you’d be too traumatized to function.

How the hell did you pull this off, man?” “I pulled some major strings and got us a one-night pass. And Noah here has to be back before midnight or he’ll turn into a pumpkin.” “Pumpkin. Can we get pumpkin pie?” Andy says, “Maybe later.” Sam shakes his head. “Dude, you look totally high.” It’s true. Noah looks way out of it. He keeps smiling his loopy smile. “Only on life, Sam.” “And a fuckton of Vicodin” adds Andy.

Also, tonight he reeks too much of beer and cloying cologne. This is a disappointment because I always assumed that a perfect creature such as Brendon would smell of spring rain and mountain bresses and other heavenly aromas.

I’m not saying he was, like, crying tears of man pain over the phone, but he sounded upset.

He winks at me, and the surge of butterflies in my stomach is so strong I think I may throw up right there. I need something to calm my nerves. The most obvious remedy is more alcohol. They don’t call it liquid courage for nothing.