—I DON’T NEED YOU TO FIX WHAT I’D RATHER FORGET

  

…There’s only so much love can do.

 

…What good is the truth if you’re the only who knows it?

 

…I’m nothing if not superstitious.

 

…It gets pretty heavy, trying to lift someone up, day after day. Your arms burn and you can’t help but think how much easier it would be to just rest for a while.

 

…People have done harder things. Nobody I know, but still.

 

…You can dress it up all you want, but underneath, it’s still what it is.

 

--Are going to make it?

--I don’t know.

 

…Temperature’s up to 95.

 

…The air doesn’t get thicker for no reason.

 

…“The point of art is to unsettle.” Liz Robbins

 

…I’m not sad, I’m just always here.

 

…It doesn’t have to make sense to be real.

 

…Bay was right: Grief is anything but linear.

 

…“I think there was some jobbling going on.”

 

…Oh yeah, it’s right there.

 

…How you say what you mean changes what you say.

 

…Ghosts say funny things when they’re part of your family.

 

…“Yoo are not your thoughts.” Jill Weber PhD 

 

…Catch the world when it’s being good to you.

 

…Sorry, but I might need a jump.

 

…“Lest we forget, a morgue is also a community center.” Ocean Voung, Time is a Mother

 

…Maybe that’s the answer—only trust your best friend with your worst.

 

…If all we need is love, why do we always want more?

 

…People rarely do what they say they will or what they should.

 

…What do you tell someone when they’re looking for reassurance that you can’t legitimately give them?

 

…I think I’m doing the right thing isn’t always the right thing to do.

 

…A writer who can’t write is one of the saddest creatures alive.

 

…We need to talk is never a good way to start a conversation.

 

…A lot of times I keep my thoughts to myself because silence can’t be misquoted.

 

…A lot of times I think, God damn, life isn’t so bad.

 

…“You’re a fucking mess.”

 

…The stars saw it all.

 

… I realized my friends might be too important to me.

 

…“I love the idea of being a cheetah, because they run really fast. But it feels like a stressful life.” Emma Pattee, Tilt

 

…Poor, Stevie Nicks, always barking at nothing. Can’t you just give her to me? I’m right here.

 

…I had a dog once—Lucy. She was the best dog ever.

 

…You can’t find your way if you don’t where it is you’re supposed to be going.

 

…It’s pretty convenient to believe in God right now, depending on which chair you’re sitting in.

 

…Every day I wake up with the feeling I’ve already heard bad news though I’m not sure if it’s worse than the day before.

 

…It’s hard to be upbeat anymore. I mean, who could be excited for the apocalypse?

 

…Like last week—do you not see how impossibly awful that was?

 

…These are the things I’m trying to figure out sooner than later.

 

…The truth is, I never knew.

 

…Yesterday, you said tomorrow.

“Want to watch coverage of the politicians encouraging fascism or the politicians doing absolutely nothing to stop it?”

 

…I’m just a prop, and props don’t speak.

 

…Nobody wants to be the guy who didn’t nod to that question.

 

…Just let it go. Just don’t make it a thing.

 

…Sometimes I’m so scared I’m numb.

 

…The more scared you get, the nicer you have to be.

 

…What a day. Just give me a sec and I’ll stand back up.

 

…Whatever is about to happen, I don’t want to live it.

 

…That could have been so much worse. That could have been so bad. 

 

… “Try and get more comfortable with the idea that it’s impossible to prevent ourselves from letting others down,” Dr. Jennifer Reid

 

…I was to start, Reasons to be Happy, but that hasn’t worked out so great yet.

 

…Is it worse to try and fail than to not try at all? Because when you don’t try, you can’t always imagine the life you could have lived.

 

…I don’t think it’s like this for most people, which sometimes leaves me sacred.

 

…I guess it does. Does it really go that way?

 

…Why can’t things be simple, like they were before when I was sinner?

  

…“And that’s the problem, see, that’s the whole problem. The things on my mind are unfit for a fetus to hear.” Emma Pattee, Tilt 

 

…I might be there tomorrow.

 

…I’ll be better tomorrow.

 

…Okay, here’s what I’m going to do (…)

 

…It’s not a competition, but somebody’s gotta win, right?

 

…You know you’re really lonely when you read every email in your Junk folder.

 

…“Tell me, what’s going on?”

 

… No offense, but…

 

…Correct me if I’m wrong…

 

…“Mercy is small but the earth is smaller.” Ocean Voung, Time is a Mother

 

…What can possibly go wrong?

 

…Nothing worthwhile or enduring works immediately.

 

…I’m not a martyr. I’m never doing anything close to being called that. But it still doesn’t feel good.

 

...At this point, it’s probably smart to stop asking.

 

…A lot of my friends, and even family, will say, “I can’t do anything about it, so why worry about it?” But that’s just not me, even if I know I can’t do anything about it.

 

…I guess it doesn’t matter, though there are a lot of great reasons to be happy.

 

...I really like the intro. Sorry for re-playing it so much, but it means something to me.

 

…It’s not that I’m not sympathetic.

 

…People will tell you that everything is clear in hindsight, but really, it’s just rewritten.

 

…It’s just you and me now.