The sadness, the silence, the darkness, the loneliness... all of it held in a simple little moment. It was just so... I don't know. Just so much.
Kevin BrooksI didn't want us to abnormal. I didn't want all this chaos and underworld crap... but that's where we'd come from. The choas was part of us. Part of what we were. And I was afraid if we lost it completely, we might lose part of ourselves.
Kevin BrooksIt's not easy-living in a void, living and dying inside your headโฆwanting what you want so much that you'd give everything else to get it- but the time still passes, the days go onโฆand as long as there's still a tomorrow, there's always a chance.
Kevin BrooksThe only difference now, for what it's worth, is that I know that these things don't matter. I know that I don't have to know anything, and I know that I don't have to fell frightened of not knowing-I just have to be here
Kevin BrooksImagine: you've spent all day traipsing round London, lost in a maze of chaos, trying to find a hidden illusion; you've been living on hope, ignoring reality, fuelled only by feelings you don't understand. You've been looking for a dream, never truly believing you'd find it, but now โ incredibly โ you have. It's right there in front of you โ just behind that off-white door. It's there ...
Kevin Brooks