Jessica's Journal: A THERAPY Book of Poetry Read Online Free PDF

 
     
    -Favorite Quotes from THERAPY-
     
     
    “Depression is a sneaky, evil bitch. She creeps in when you least expect it and snakes her way throughout the corridors of your mind while feeding on the light of your soul. She shows up during your most difficult times, only making them harder to shoulder Sometimes. I wish depression was a living, breathing, tangible being, so I could wrap my hands around her throat and squeeze 'til all that's left in her pools of darkness is nothingness, rendering her powerless to ever hurt me again.”
    –Jessica
     
    “Jace remains a mystery to me. I have no idea why he treats me like a normal girl, but every time he does, my heart beats a little stronger and a little faster.”
    –Jessica
     
    “I know better than anyone how easy it can be to fool people and hide your darkest secrets inside. Because I do it every day.”
    –Jessica
     
    “My secrets must stay hidden, just like my pain.”
    –Jessica
     
    “You’re worth more than you think. You just have to believe that; then everyone else will too.”
    –Jace
     
    "I. See. You. Jessica. Alexander."
    –Jace
     
    “A past left without resolution is surely a past that will revisit you one day.”
    –Kathryn Perez
     
    “Sometimes you just have to accept that some things can’t be fixed, and that it’s not about fixing what’s broken, but about accepting what’s lost.”
    –Jessica
     
    “Sometimes life will throw everything at you all at once. You can either catch it all or reach for the things that matter most.”
    –Kathryn Perez
     
    “Life can push me, pull me, and beat me down, but it’s not going to break me.”
    –Jessica
     
    “Jessica, falling in love can’t always be a happily ever after or a once in a
    lifetime kind of story.”
    –Jace
     
    “I wonder what's worse-the invisible scars they leave or the visible scars I inflict
    upon myself?”
    –Jessica
     
    “Their weapons aren’t illegal, yet they cut me deeper than a blade ever could.”
    –Jessica
     
    “I belong to you, Jess. My heart has belonged to you since I scooped you up off
    the ground over six years ago. That has never changed.”
    –Jace
     
    “Accepting the ugly part of life is just part of living. Pain tells us we are still here; it lets us know we’ve survived. When you really think about it, pain can free you, because without pain there is no pleasure in anything.”
    –Jessica
     
    “I'm tired of looking for something that will never be there. I've looked for it on the edge of a blade and at the bottom of a bottle. It's not there. It's just...gone.”
    –Jessica
     
    “You deserve a man who falls in love with your mind, wants to undress your very conscience, and make love to your every single thought. You deserve a man who wants to see you slowly let down every wall you’ve ever built up. You deserve a man that will work hard for you until you let him inside your heart.”
    –Kingsley
     
    “We don’t meet people by accident. They’re meant to cross out path for a reason.”
    –Jessica
     
    “Monsters don’t live under beds; in our minds is where they truly reside. Remember that.”
    –Kingsley
     
    “You, Jess, you had my secrets. I gave them to you and I knew that day I should’ve given you everything else too.”
    –Jace
     
    “I just don’t know how to love someone, Jace, and I guess I don’t know how to allow someone to love me. How can I when I don’t even love myself?”
    –Jessica
     
    “You’ve been what I’ve wanted for over six years and that hasn’t changed.”
    –Jace
     
    “No matter how deeply embedded we are under each other’s skin, this will never ever work because together, we’re broken.”
    –Jessica
     
    “He sees my pain and I see his. If I stay, we can sit together in our pain and be alone together, rather than alone and apart. I take a deep, cleansing breath. I stay.”
    –Jessica
     
    “I look at her and I see strength wrapped up in pain.”
    –Kingsley
     
    “I