J.D. Stroube

Quotes

• “The age of lost innocence varies for each person. Some lose it when they learn that their childhood fantasies are merely...”
• “I could hear the chaotic laughter trailing behind me. It turned the ageless trees into a menace. They loomed around me, ...”
• “He moved like a bird; twitching and bunching his shoulders. His head angled back and forth to watch me, and as he did, h...”
• “A victim has the potential to transform into a survivor, but if that is forgotten, a true victim is what they become. A ...”
• “Once I embraced the dreams that once inspired. Now I've found that there is too much I didn't recognize as a gift. I may...”
• “As I turned to leave, I looked down. Beside my foot, a sprout of greenery was clawing its way through the pristine nothi...”
• “Life is supposedly filled with paths that enable unlimited choices, but that is a blatant lie. No one has free will unti...”
• “Over the years, I learned to smile or laugh when I was supposed to. I kept my true self hidden; I did not need to unleas...”
• “All that is left to bring you pain, are the memories. If you face those, you’ll be free. You can’t spend the rest of you...”
• “It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general populati...”
• “In that smooth fortress of glass, I caught a glimpse of my corruption gripping steel, which before I had thought of as m...”
• “I took my menial life for granted until it became clear, why my early years resulted in a lack of adoption.- J.D. Stroub...”
• “The melodious song mesmerized me and cloaked my soul in a most liberating embrace I had never known. The emotion envelop...”
• “These were people who hunted for a way to erase the haunted, malnourished gaze from their souls and replace it with thei...”
• “Mmmm… stay.” Her voice was barely audible, as she grazed her lips against mine and her head fell back against the pillow...”
• “Once I was free; there was no cage that could bind me, and I had yet to create my box of numbness within my mind to be m...”