But I didn’t really believe that. I believed, as my mother always had, that there was them and there was us. “Them” were the happy, normal people, and “us” were the totally fucked. 

- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

“Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.”

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

We were quiet for a long time. He sat on the floor. Finally he said, “I’m afraid of the depth of your sadness.”

I said, “This is as deep as it gets. Is this frightening you?”

- Rules for Saying Goodbye, Katherine Taylor