Then she told me why a tiger is gold and black. It has two ways. The gold side leaps with its fierce heart. The black side stands still with cunning, hiding its gold between the trees, seeing and not being seen, waiting patiently for things to come. I did not learn to use my black side until after the bad man left me.
Amy TanTag: hold-still keep-going robert-frank
I sleep through the next day. Each time I go to the bathroom, I try not to look in the mirror. Once, I catch my reflection: it looks like I’ve been punched in both eyes.
I can’t talk about the day that follows that.
Tag: lost sad hold-still nina-lacour
My best friend is dead, and I could have saved her. It’s so wrong so completely and painfully wrong, that I walked through my front door tonight smiling.
Nina LaCourTag: lost suicide hold-still nina-lacour
When the bell rings, and lunch is over, I decide to come back here tomorrow, and the next day. I tell myself it really isn’t that bad.
Nina LaCourTag: lost suicide hold-still nina-lacour
Each time a breeze starts, I feel the air all the way through me.
Nina LaCourTag: lost suicide hold-still
I’ll make a swing so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet.
Nina LaCourTag: hope hold-still nina-lacour
I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course I knew about being sad. Maybe that's the reason I saved all the things I thought were pretty.
Nina LaCourTag: pain hold-still nina-lacour
He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to think!' I, for the first time, see what the big deal is about Shakespeare.
Nina LaCourTag: pain shakespeare romeo-and-juliet hold-still nina-lacour
I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don't know what I see. I don't even know what I want to see.
Nina LaCourTag: reflection self-image mirror hold-still
That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.
Nina LaCourTag: friendship hold-still
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