15 Quotes by Val Emmich

I walked to my window. It's pirch-dark outside. For the most part, I've always preffered night to day. At night, it's okay to be hunkered down in your house. During the day, people expect you to be out and about. You can start to feel pretty guilty about wasting so much time indoors.

That's just what I do. I ruin things. Always. Whether I want it or not. The thing I'm ruining can be the best thing in my life. And I'll know it, too. And I'll still be powerless to stop it. Or too scared.

There is nothing unrealistic about the love that one man feels for another

Meh is basically a shoulder shrug, and that pretty much sums up the reaction I get from society at large.

The feeling of almost drowning is even worse than actually drowning. Actually drowning is peace. Almost drowning is pure pain.

If the pain is in you, it’s in you. It follows you everywhere. Can’t outrun it. Can’t erase it. Can’t push it away; it only comes back. The way I’ve been thinking, after all that’s happened, maybe there’s only one way to survive it. You have to let it in. Let it hurt you. And don’t wait. It’ll reach you eventually. Might as well be now.