At the Edge of the Universe
Shaun David Hutchinson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It's impossible to let go of the people we love. Pieces of them remain embedded inside of us like shrapnel. Every breath causes those fragments to burrow through our muscles, nearer to our hearts. And we think the pain will kill us, but it won't. Eventually, scar tissue forms around those twisted splinters like cocoons. They remain part of us, but slowly hurt less.”
“Don't get so focused on where you're going that you forget the people you're travelling with. There's no point reaching a destination if you arrive alone.”
“Life's truest horror is a door that slams shut that can never be opened again.”
“It's like I keep waiting to look in the mirror and recognize the person staring back.”
“Feelings are intangible,” he said. “You can’t see them, can’t touch them. You can hurt and no one would know. But physical pain is real. You can see blood and broken bones. It’s simple in a way feelings are not, and cutting makes the abstract pain of feelings substantial.”
“I didn’t even need to check my phone to know that the universe had shrunk again, and the stars had vanished. No. They hadn’t vanished. I’d given them away to someone who hadn’t deserved them, and I’d never get them back.”
“But two people can love each other and still not belong together, even if neither of them wanted to admit it.”
“The only thing in life that's forever is death. You can change your mind about everything else.”
“The funny thing is,' Calvin said, 'I thought I'd been breathing underwater this whole time, but I guess I've been drowning.”
“You can choose to be happy with what life gives you...or spend your life miserable. I choose happiness. It's really that simple.”
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