“The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open, like it or not....And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore....The problem with secrets is even when you think you're…”Tagged: Secrets, Truth, Control
“When you were a kid, it was Halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and ate it until you got sick....In college, it was the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well, you know. As a surgeon, you take as much of the good as you can get because it doesn't come around nearly as often as it should.…”Tagged: Halloween Candy, tequila, Too Much Of A Good Thing
“As doctors, patients are always telling us how they would do our jobs. Just stitch me up, slap a Band-Aid on it and send me home. It's easy to suggest a quick solution, when you don't know much about the problem or when you don't understand the underlying cause or just how deep the wound really…”Tagged: doctors, Patients, Band-Aid
“As doctors, as friends, as human beings, we all try to do the best we can....But the world is full of unexpected twists and turns. And just when you've gotten the lay of the land, the ground underneath you shifts. And knocks you off your feet. If you're lucky, you'll end up with nothing more than a…”Tagged: doctors, Patients, Friends, human beings, wounds
“People are born, they grow old, and then they die. That’s the world we live in. There’s no magic, no mysticism, no immortality. There is nothing that defies rational thought. It’s not possible. I’m not a believer, I can’t be. But how can I deny what’s right in front of me? Someone who never grows…”Tagged: Birth, Death, Growth, Mystivcism, Vampires
“Do you know what I was doing tonight, Mom? I was having fun, you know, trying to forget about all the crap that I have to deal with every day. Just enjoying a night with my friends. And then, there you are, wasted at the bar - where I work, by the way, to pay the bills that you don't pay. And then…”Tagged: mothers, Fun, Responsibility, Alcoholism, Regret
“I have four hundred years on you, little boy. I'll rip you from limb to limb without even blinking and you know it.”Tagged: Ageism, Death Threats
“Honestly, I’m not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy.”Tagged: Diary Entries, Codependency
“That's great. We need a party. We'll have a theme: crossing the border. We'll have a big fence in the door and make everyone climb over it.”Tagged: party, idea, Theme, crossing the border, climb