And I do. I do wonder, I think about it all the time. What it would be like to kill myself. Because I never really know, I still can't tell the difference, I'm never quite certain whether or not I'm actually alive. I sit here every single day. Run, I said to myself. Run until your lungs collapse, until the wind whips and snaps at your tattered clothes, until you're a blur that blends into the background. Run, Juliette, run faster, run until your bones break and your shins split and your muscles atrophy and your heart dies because it was always too big for your chest and it beat too fast for too long and you run. Run run run until you can't hear their feet behind you. Run until they drop their fists and their shouts dissolve in the air. Run with your eyes open and your mouth shut and dam the river rushing up behind your eyes. Run, Juliette.Run until you drop dead. Make sure your heart stops before they ever reach you. Before they ever touch you. Run, I said. Tahereh Mafi
About This Quote

There's not much to say about this quote. It's very short and very simple. But, it has a lot of power behind it. I think that everyone has felt like that at one point in their life.

We all have that moment when we know that something is wrong but we can't seem to find the right words to describe what it is exactly. This quote is very relatable because it reminds me of all the moments when I felt like I wasn't really alive.

Source: Unravel Me

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