“People are going to say a lot of things. And some of it will be helpful, and some of it will be annoying, and lots of it will get on your nerves. But they're saying it because they found it helpful when they lost someone. They mean well.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“If there's one thing I learned from the playlist, it's how important listening to people can be. I”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“You okay?” he asked.
“Doing great,” I said. Guess I was a liar after all.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“We both learn way more on our own than we do at school, and we're more interested in things we find for ourselves.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“..., and I went back to my old habit of walking the halls looking down most of the time. It was different now, though—before I’d done it without thinking, because I didn’t know another way. Now I was actively avoiding a life I knew might be out there. But it was my choice.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“Look, it’s true that I think there are a lot of people to blame for all of this, but I’m one of them.” For a second, my mind flashed back to the party, to the last words I’d ever said to him. Fuck you, Hayden. Some kind of best friend I was. “And it’s not my job to decide who should pay.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“But loneliness is a thing that has weight, and it gets heavier over time.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“But I couldn’t block out the sound of his voice. “Hayden wasn’t the son I expected to have,” he said. “I’d imagined playing catch in the yard, watching football on the weekends, going fishing. The things I’d done with my dad; the things I do with Ryan. It was the only kind of relationship I knew how to have with a son.” His voice cracked. “But my second son didn’t enjoy any of those things. He loved music and video games and computers. I didn’t know how to talk to him. And now I’ll spend the rest of my life wishing I’d learned how.” He lowered his head, as if he were trying to hide the fact that he was crying.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“If there's one thing I learned from the playlist, it's how important listening is to people can be.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“I would never understand how hurt and confused and hopeless he must have felt, to decide it wasn't worth trying, and I wasn't mad at him anymore for doing it...”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“People are going to say a lot of things. And some of it will be helpful, and some of it will be annoying, and lots of it will get on your nerves. But they're saying it because people said those things to them, or because they found it helpful when they lost someone. They mean well." -Mr. Beaumont-”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“Lots of people want to be invisible. Maybe they even think they can pretend to be. But someone always sees." -Archmage_Ged-”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
“People are going to say a lot of things. and some of it will be helpful and some of it will be
annoying, and lots of it will get on your nerves. but they're saying it because people said those things to them, or because they found it helpful when they lost someone they mean well.”
― Michelle Falkoff, quote from Playlist for the Dead
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