Negative Archive

“There comes a time in life where everything seems narrow. Choices have been made. I can only continue on. I know myself like the back of my hand. I can predict my every reaction. My life has been cast in cement with airbags and seatbelts. I’ve done everything to reach this point and now that [...]

“Just avoid love at all costs. That’s my motto.” – Stuck in Love

“I’ll tell you what the problem is. I don’t know how to be indifferent. I can’t master this and it makes me susceptible to pain. In other words, it hurts.” – Cosmopolis

“It’s not easy living a lie, pretending everything’s perfect when it’s not. I learned that lesson a while ago.” – Scandal

"It seems the more I know something, well, the less I want to know about it." - how to make an American quilt

“Now I’m trying to get my heart up off the ground.  My confidence is gone.” –  Hilary Duff, “break my heart”

“What I’m standing on is sinking in and I don’t have a clue how to get off of it.” –  Hilary Duff, “underneath this smile”

“Sometimes I’m pitiful, but that’s so typical of all the things I am.” –  Hilary Duff, “I am”

“A couple of guys fell in love with me and showed up in our dorm hall, but the ones I really liked sort of ignored me. I thought I must have a complex to only want the ones who didn’t care.” – Best Friends by Martha Moody

"'You look sad,' she says softly. 'Are you sad?' I can't muster the energy to lie so I nod and tell her yes--although in truth, downright disconsolate is closer to the mark." - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin