Julie Anne Peters · 200 pages
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“No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I hear you. I just don't believe a word you say.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Everything seems to be working." Except me. I'm broken.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I've never been afraid of the dark. I'm more afraid of the day, of people. I love the night. The solitude. Well, I don't love it. I don't feel love. I hate people, so I hope when I get there it isn't crowded. I hope the light is a momentary phenomenon and the other side is completely black. And silent.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Stop trying to save me. You couldn't then; you can't now.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Never question the sanity of a woman who can render you defenseless with a look.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“There's no reason to speak. I have nothing to say.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I'm sorry you don't get it, Mom. Sometimes I don't get why I do the things I do. I just know I wake up every morning and wish I was dead.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“But you'd sell your soul for it, wouldn't you? For one day of feeling beautiful.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I may be fat and ugly, but I'm not stupid. If anyone had ever gotten past my looks, they might've noticed I have a brain.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I had to fight so hard not to cry.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“What can happen in a few minutes changes you forever.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Why are people so cruel? What did I ever do to them?”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I wish I could tell my parents, " If you want to help me, help me die.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“There's always a way out. All you have to do is take it.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal my dignity.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I have no intent. I have no reason to live, that's all. When I'm gone, I don't want to be remembered.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Your failures and your faults, they stick with you. They glob into ugly, cancerous growths inside you and make you want to die.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“His invitation lingers. So does my question. Why me? I don't know the answer. When I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a starving, stunted bird who never grew wings and lost all reason to sing.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I don't sleep. All night long I'm wide awake, thinking, Secrets, secrets, secrets. There are secrets in my past no one needs to know. Secrets in my present that might kill Kim and Chip. I don't want to take my secrets with me when I go. When I pass through the light, i want to be free of everything and everyone.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I just want the pain to end.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“I'm scared. What will tomorrow bring? It has to be better than today. It has to.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“You won't know until it's over. You won't find me in time.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“She'll go to hell. They all will. If hell will even have them.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“The sad truth is, they should never trust me.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“Who will see you through the darkness? "Me," I key in the answer. "I'll find my own way.”
― Julie Anne Peters, quote from By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
Julie Anne Peters
Born place: in Jamestown, New York, The United States
Born date January 16, 1952
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“I’m going to ignore the fact you just said I looked like a drug dealer.” I narrow my eyes on him.
“Bro,” he laughs, “you and I both know you look like you belong on the other side of the law.” He shakes his head, looking me over. “That’s why—I have to say—I was surprised to see your girlfriend. She couldn’t be more opposite of you if she tried. Does she even have her ears pierced?” he questions with a smile.
“I’m not going to tell you again. You don’t need to know anything about Sophie.”
“You gonna marry her?”
“Yes,” I state immediately.
“Jesus, you’ve known her for what—a day?”
“A few months, but I knew the moment I saw her,” I tell him, watching his eyes widen.
“Why am I just learning about her then?”
“First, there is not one damn reason for you to know about her. Second, I know you bitches love to sit around and gossip like a bunch of women in a knitting club, but unlike you f**kers, my business is my business.”
“Does Mom know her?” He smirks, and he knows she doesn’t.
If my mom knew about Sophie, the phone chain would have been activated, and everyone and their mothers would know about her. That’s why she will meet Sophie as soon as I get back into town; it would be f**ked up to introduce Sophie to my mom after I’ve already married her and knocked her up.
“She’ll be meeting her soon enough.” I shrug.
“You are so f**ked.” He laughs, and I couldn’t agree more.”
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