12 Quotes by Teresa Toten

Thing was, after the hurricane, life went on. You had to buy milk, fix the broken windows, play some Warhammer, discuss some girls. Wow!

You're a superhero. Deal with it.

I sweat terror, Robyn! I'm scared every single second about every single goddamned thing. I worry obsessively about being buried under an avalanche of fear. Jesus, Robyn, I'm scared like only the truly crazy can be.''But that, you dope, is the definition of courage: you go on despite the fear.

People can't listen until they're ready. I sure couldn't. I was, like, deaf to everyone except the thoughts. They were the boss of me.

A day in heaven,' Adam whispered. What would that be like? To wake up one morning and be normal? To not bite down and parcel out each second of each day. To not wrestle and negotiate with your obsessions. To not have thoughts that ran you into the ground.To have a quit mind.A quiet mind.Quiet.

Adam returned his gaze to the cross. The Jesus was hurting. Guilt simmered and then boiled in him. Jesus had a whole world of suffering and horror to worry about and here Adam was in all his punk puniness. He didn't want to add to Jesus's burdens, but...'Sorry about that. Look, I know you're busy and I don't want to get greedy with your time, but still, if you could just help me... If you could find a minute, please, please, please, dear sweet Jesus, fix me.

I believe that I am unclean and will harm those I care about the most and that there is too much noise in my head and that I am so goddamned tired.

Waiting was a tragicomedy. There was this whole absurdist, endless, excruciating quality to it. We distract ourselves in a million different ways to delude ourselves into thinking that we’re not “waiting”, because waiting is unendurable. Waiting has demands. It percolates with fear and potential rejection, and threatens you with despair... There’s always a wisp of hope in the hopelessness...

People can’t listen until they’re ready. I sure couldn’t. I was, like, deaf to everyone except the thoughts. They were the boss of me.