Elizabeth Scott Quotes

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

Imagine a guy. He’s a little taller than you, with perfect skin, skin that just screams “touch me!” and dark hair and gorgeous blue eyes and he looks so sweet and he is sweet. And then have him blush a little.

I wish it had never happened because then I wouldn’t think about it as I’m falling asleep.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

My mother taught me to believe in silver, to believe in things, but I think it’s more important to believe in me.

And what if—what are you if the people who are supposed to love you can leave you like you’re nothing?

You tell yourself that you aren’t something or that you can’t be something, and you know what? It will become true. You have to decide who you are and what you can do and then go after what you want. Because believe me, no one is going to give it to you.

And now I see what has been there all along, what I’ve noticed but never truly understood until now. Eli is as uncertain as I am, as we all are. Life has surprised him like it has me. Has hurt him like it has me.

My name is Danielle. I’m eighteen. I’ve been stealing things for as long as I can remember

Things… well, things suck sometimes. And sometimes you can fix it. And sometimes you can’t. It’s just the way it is.

I want to lie down on the bench then, or better yet, on the grass, rest on something living and see if I can hear the dead underneath.

I’m always the one who doesn’t have a date, the one guys walk up to and say, “So, is your friend, you know, with someone?” and I may not be the only girl without someone, but it feels like it sometimes. A lot of the time.

The world will knock you down plenty. You don’t need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.