Albert Borris Quotes

#1. My Top Ten Reasons To Live
10. Stars in a really dark sky
9. Driving across the country
8. Nirvana
7. My mom
6. Our dog pack
5. Gay bingo
4. Mud fights
3. Kissing
2. Magic marker tattoos
1. Pink socks

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#2. I can feel the hurt. There's something good about it. Mostly it makes me stop remembering.

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#3. I imagine that she's looking at the stars and thinking about how small and insignificant we are down here. We're little ants on a pebble, hurtling through space.

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#4. He said something I remember very clearly. Self esteem is overrated. Anyone will think they color great if enough people tell them. Artificial praise. Down inside, compliments like that are hollow.

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#5. He said if you do what you have to do today, all the tomorrows have a way of working things out by themselves.

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#6. I know why you picked her," Frank says, still sitting on the grass. "She's like you, sort of. A writer. Unhappy. Wishing she had someone who understood her. That's what killed her- being lonely.

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#7. One of the things that therapists do if you are suicidal, like a trick, is ask you about the future. They want to know what your plans are. Do you want to be the president? Do you want to be a rock star? They want to know if you want to live later even if you want to die now.

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#8. I suppose it doesn't matter what form love takes, maybe you just need to take it when it comes.

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#9. You okay?"
Just waiting for the water to boil. Burning shower. One of the only things that helps when I'm totally freaking out."
I'm not sure how to respond. "So," I whisper, "you want anything?"
Yeah," She replies, sarcastic "I want to be bulimic, but the vomit grosses me out.

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#10. Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me.
I never thought I was worth saving.

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#11. I wonder if it will rain after we die. When you kill yourself, you don't know what happens next, afterward.

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#12. The truth will set u free but first it will piss u off

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#13. But when you live, that's when you have to think about tomorrow and the next day.

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#14. Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.

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#15. I've been asked by lots of people, "What happens if you do kill yourself?" They want to know about what it would be like for other people around you, like the person who would find your body, the other kids at school, whoever would have to clean up the blood, what your family holidays would be like.

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#16. When you attempt suicide, the counselors try to talk you out of trying it again by asking you about other people, which is good prevention if you care about other people.

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#17. I just want to be happy. I want to feel better.

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