cutting

What immense satisfaction it must be to fashion a story like [Maupassant's]! One must say 'fashion' because it is not merely writing, but massing and cutting away like a sculptor, chiseling lean and clear. And to put one's work confidently in the crucible of Time; to know that in six perfect pages is the finest form of one's idea: This satisfaction is the only true reward of the artist, and this his highest possible joy on Earth.

Oh God just look at me now... one night opens words and utters pain... I cannot begin to explain to you... this... I am not here. This is not happening. Oh wait, it is, isn't it?I am a ghost. I am not here, not really. You see skin and cuts and frailty...these are symptoms, you known, of a ghost. An unclear image with unclear thoughts whispering vague things...If I told you what was really in my head, you''d never let me leave this place. And I have no desire to spend time in hell while I'm still, in theory, alive.

she...let the blood spill down instead of tears.

The Hand (Kara-Te) is the cutting edge of the Mind

Every heart needs a cutting part sharper than a blade to stab agony

I spend my nights thinking the worstAnd telling myself that everything's going to work outI keep kicking myself in the mouthOpening up every cut that should be a scar by now

I wonder if it's meant to be punishment for something one can't forgive oneself for. Or an external expression, Lady Queen, of an internal pain? Or perhaps it's a way to realise that you actually do want to stay alive.

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me

People should know about us. Girls who write their pain on their bodies. ~Louisa

My word stinkof blood and goreof sleepless nightsof invisible demonsof razors and knivesof slashed wristsMy words - they stink.

I tried cutting myself to express my heartbreak over Tommy (Lord Flood) rejecting me, but OMFG it hurts like flaming fuck.

I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.

Change is inevitable. Progression is a choice. We all move, but are you going to move forward?

Stop looking back when your future is ahead of you

If you do not cultivate your life's environment, you will not captivate the worlds enlightenment.

Don__ ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.

I hurt myself,_ Syren bit out. __ make myself bleed and it feels good. It eases the pressure inside me, but it never lasts for long._ His lips trembled. __efore I slept in your bed, I__ never had a full night__ sleep. Before I crawled into your arms I__ never been safe._ He shuffled forward. __ou give me that. You hold that power and you can take it away.

The fear of an unknown never resolves, because the unknown expands infinitely outward, leaving you to cling pitifully to any small shelter of the known: a cracker has twelve calories; the skin, when cut, bleeds.