“They cannot scare me with their empty spacesBetween stars—on stars where no human race is.I have it in me so much nearer homeTo scare myself with my own desert places.”
“The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.”
“I won’t be scared if I tell myself there is nothing to fear. You cannot hurt me because I will tell myself not to feel pain.” ~ Lexi”
“That scared me a lot. It scared me how much it scared me. Being punished for something you did not do. Or being an innocent victim. It's just something that I never want to experience.”
“I wouldn't have done it, but it scared me that I thought of it at all. I scared me.”
“Just as Sarah Keeler had taught me that children die, Wendy taught me that you don't have to wade through the insanity; you can get off the bus. This scared me so much that a sweaty panic swept over me. From that moment on I knew it was possible to end my own life. (157)”