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1 " Words stick, even when we don't want them to. "
― Carrie Arcos , Out of Reach
2 " The funny thing about a lie is that once it has been said and believed, it lives and becomes. It can't be taken back. It sucks all the air from you until you give up and it takes over and you forget how to breathe on your own. It is like those parasitic relationships, but not like the shark and the little remora that politely cleans the shark's skin and sometimes attaches itself to its underbelly. No, it is more like a tapeworm eating someone from the inside out. "
3 " I like mornings because each day is like another chance. "
4 " Ghosts are just pieces of memory. They haunt us because we don't want to forget. We are the ghost makers. We take fragments of the dead and project them onto shadows and sounds, trying to make sense of loss by assigning it a new shape. Ghosts aren't real. "
― Carrie Arcos , There Will Come a Time
5 " The first time my mom told me liars didn't go to heaven was when she tried to get me to confess to hitting my eight-year-old brother. I was seven. "
6 " We try to explain how we feel, but there aren’t always the right words or the words we have fail. But with music, you can hear a piece and say, Yeah, that’s it. That’s exactly how I feel. "
7 " Safe places exist only where people aren’t. "
8 " The truth is? Everyone lies. Every single person. "
9 " people usually do something to have someone come after them. "
10 " It's impossible to keep someone safe. "
11 " And I know it’s scary, man, but you can’t be afraid of the hurt. The hurt is the risk that comes when you really put another person’s heart above your own. When you realize what matters most is not your heart, but someone else’s. Being selfless is the highest form of love. "
― Carrie Arcos , Crazy Messy Beautiful
12 " Lately I’ll hear Dad muttering some of the thing Papi used to. My favorite is ‘El que no enucuentra el amor no encuentra nada’. He who does not find love does not find anything. "
13 " Makes me realize we are all the same in the middle of the night, fighting against the great tide of loneliness that threatens to drown us. All longing for someone to hear, to truly know us as we are. "
14 " Los fantasmas son solo fragmentos de memoria. Estos nos acosan porque no queremos olvidarlos. "
15 " Their kindness kills me. It's not the sugary-sweet kind. It's genuine and motivated by love and there's no fighting it. Sometimes love can be more overwhelming than hate. "
16 " Ghosts are just pieces of memory. They haunt us because we don't wan't to forget. We are the ghost makers. We take fragments of the dead and project them onto shadows and sounds, trying to make sense of loss by assigning it to a new shape. Ghosts aren't real. Dead is dead. There is no getting someone back.I'm starting to forget the small things. The way Grace smiled at me. How her voice sounded when she was angry. What color nail polish she wore. Her smell. Smell is supposed to be our sense with the strongest ties to memory. Sometimes I pull out one of her shirts to remind me of her scent because I can fell Grace slipping from me. And I'm terrified of what that means. "
17 " Right before she stopped breathing, did she have a brief moment when dying came as naturally as living? "
18 " I'm saying there will come a time when you won't be so angry or in so much pain. It doesn't have to be now. You just have to believe that it'll come and let people in. "
19 " I know to be patient when it comes to creating a piece of art. It’s not the outcome that matters: it’s the trying. I’ll only get better through failure. Because each time I fail, I learn and I change so that every time I get closer to creating what I see in my head. "
20 " It’s crazy how much of our life is determined by something we have no control ever. "
