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My Heart and Other Black Holes

A stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at

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Jasmine Warga (10)

“Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape. It crushes down on you, making even the smallest things like tying your shoes or chewing on toast seem like a twenty-mile hike uphill. Depression is a part of you; it’s in your bones and your blood.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression

“Maybe we all have darkness inside of us and some of us are better at dealing with it than others.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Darkness, Negativity, Bad Behavior, Dealing With Life

“You’re like a grey sky. You’re beautiful, even though you don’t want to be.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Weather, Disguised Beauty, Grey Skies, Quote of the Moment

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Mental Health, Sadness, mysterious, Depression

“I will be stronger than my sadness.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Mental Health, strength, Sadness

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression….Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape. It crushes down on you, making even the smallest things like tying your shoes or chewing on toast seem like a twent…”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Living With Depression, Sadness, Darkness

“I bet if you cut open my stomach, the black slug of depression would slide out.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Living With Depression, Sadness, Darkness, Mental Health

“I wonder if that's how darkness wins, by convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out. I don't want it to win.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Darkness, Depression, Suffering

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, beauty, literary, mysterious

“I once read in my physics book that the universe begs to be observed, that energy travels and transfers when people pay attention. Maybe that's what love really boils down to--having someone who cares enough to pay attention so that you're encouraged to travel and transfer, to make your potential en…”

— Jasmine Warga, amazon.com