I was unable to throw myself in the ocean, ” she writes, the handwriting more erratic as the painkillers seep into every cell, shutting out lights in empty rooms.
July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff... Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for wanting to live.
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Markus Zusak
How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?
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Ruth Ozeki
The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Everything...affects everything
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Jay Asher
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