#journal

"I felt like some part of my soul was ripped out and put under a microscope for criticizing."

"The pages afforded glimpses into my soul where I'd hidden it, behind masks of paper and ink."

"Girls are always saying things like, “I’m so unhappy that I’m going to overdose on aspirin,” but they’d be awfully surprised if they succeeded. They have no intention of dying. At the first sight of blood, they panic."