101 Bleak Posts From 'A Softer World' That Are Way Too Real

“Overreaction: Any reaction to something that doesn't affect me.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“You'll never see the end of your own story, so maybe you should throw in some sub-plots?”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“When you kiss me, I feel like I will live forever. But a better version of forever, that never gets boring.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“There should be a word for the things we do not because we want to but because we want to be the kind of person who wants to.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“My biggest pet peeve is bad grammar. Is this the life I hoped I'd have?”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Relationships are hard work for very little pay. I say we unionize.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Nothing can change the way I feel about you. I wish it could.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“It freaks me out when I think about how big the universe is. Just so big and growing bigger, exploding outward constantly in all directions, so no, I don't care how fast I was going, officer.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“We don't have to be who we were before now. I could be proud of my body. You could be a vampire or something.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Who said life can't be an adventure? Because whoever said that is probably the villain.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Blah blah blah. You feel trapped in your life. Here is what i am hearing: Happiness isn't worth any inconvenience.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“When it snows, that is just God's way of still not existing.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Marriage: the ultimate double dare.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“If you died, I would go through hell to bring you back. That would be easy. I'm not sure how to deal with us just drifting apart.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Moderation is like a foreign language. You have to learn that shit when you're young.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“You were my everything. Which, upon reflection, was probably the problem.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I found a way to make your cellphone love you. There's a secret code you punch in and it calls your mom.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I don't know how to tell you that I'm glad the passion is gone. I used to think of you every waking moment and now I get so much more work done.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I figured out how to be happy. But I can't tell you. You not knowing is a big part of it.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“They say when you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. They underestimate me.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Being with you is better than loneliness. And I guess I thought those were my only two options?”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I have loved since you. But when the new paint gets scratched, there you are underneath.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Do you think a city is complicated enough that we can say it has a sort of intelligence. No, I don't care where you work. No, YOU are the worst speed date here.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Look. I'm just being honest. That excuses me from empathy or tact right?”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Our love is a meteor impact, a super volcano erupting. We won't survive but we won't die bored.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I don't wish I were dead, but some time off from being alive would be nice.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Nobody grows tired of something they can't have.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“Judge if you want. We are all going to die. I intend to deserve it.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I don't understand your complaint. There totally is a straight pride march. That same day, too. On all the other streets.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com

“I am so tired of taking everyone' word for it that money doesn't buy happiness.”

— Emily Horne, Joey Comeau, asofterworld.com