It was like this blackness that crept into the corners of my life until everything was grey and dirty. My insides felt burnt out, like if you cut me open, all you would find would be smoke. No heart. No bones. There was nothing left, just the anger. It followed me everywhere. It sat on my bed and watched me sleep and when I had to eat, it looked at me across the table.

— Tanya Byrne

From the moment we are born, we begin to die.

— Janne Teller

Better my right hand should have been cut off. Go know I was setting in motion events that would lead to the ruin of one of the few truly good men I ever met.

— Mordecai Richler

Islam is not dark but very bright indeed. Islam is not depressing but instead, quite uplifting and inspiring. Islam is not about censoring but instead it is about voluntary submission.

— Norhafsah Hamid

Please Tommy. Please.

— James Dashner

Down below people were clipping by going nowhere fast. You could feel the long despairing history of the place. You could actually hear it, a low hum like the buzz of a sick bee that resonated with the fragments of a million broken dreams.

— Sol Luckman

Sometimes I feel so alone in the world. A tiny speck of nothing in a sea of emptiness.

— Edwyna Hughes

Magic. I draw with silver and it turns red.

— Anonymous

Accept that you're just a product, not a gift.

— Konrad

He was sort of beautiful. In his own dark, depressing way, but still. She was going to miss that stupid fucking beautiful face.

— Allie Burke