Tamara Ireland Stone

Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club.

Every last word

Carice Men

Brooke O’Connor

Ausrine Blazyte

 "When am I going to stop making mistakes, Sue?" Her laugh catches me off guard, and I look up at her, wide-eyed and confused.

"Why on earth would you want to do that?" she asks. I stare at her. 

"Mistakes. Trial and error. Same thing. Mistakes are how we learned to walk and run and that hot things burn when you touch them. You've made mistakes all your life and you're going to keep making them." 

The trick is to recognize your mistakes, take what you need from them, and move on."

Hailey Rae

Asking all of them to give me a chance to show that, deep down, I’m not who they think I am. Or, maybe I’m exactly who they think I am, but I no longer want to be.

“You seem to know how to articulate your feelings and share them with other human beings. I’m afraid my gift is the exact opposite; I’m skilled at holding everything in.”

I’m mentally spent. Out of words. Out of thoughts. It feels so good to be this empty. It’s so peaceful. 

I spare him the effort and feed him the line. “I know I’ve got this side of me that wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just fly the whole mess into the sea.” I pull up to a red light. “I love that line. I don’t often want to grab the yoke and crash into the sea, but sometimes I do.” 

Ieva Valachaviciute

These walls heard me when no one else could. They gave my words a home, kept them safe. Cheered, cried, listened. Changed my life for the better. It wasn’t enough, But they heard every last word.

Every last word quotes

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