The Way I Used to Be Quotes

“I feel like I've gone off somewhere else, like I've just sort of slipped into this other realm. A world that's a lot like the real world, except slightly slower. This alternate reality where I'm not quite in my body, not quite in my mind, either -- it's this place where all I do is think about one thing and one thing only. (page 44)”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“I just want to sit still for a second, breathe, and try to figure out how things could have ever gotten to this point. (page 11)”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“It feels like that scene in The Wizard of Oz when everything changes from black and white to color. Except it's more like the other way around. Like I always thought things were in color, but they were really black and white. I can see that now. (page 9)”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“Because it was just a dream, a bad dream -- a nightmare. Not real. Not real. Not real. That's what I keep thinking: NotRealNotRealNotReal. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Like a mantra. Like a prayer. (page 1)”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“All these maybes swimming around my head make me think that 'maybe' could just be another word for hope”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be

“He holds my hand as we walk up the driveway. It feels like it's a million miles away, like it's taken a million years to finally get here. And I think: Maybe I'll explain this to some people. Maybe Mara. Maybe I'll apologize to some people. Maybe Steve. Maybe I'll try a real relationship someday, one without all the lies and games. Maybe I'll go to college, even, and maybe I'll figure out that I'm actually good at something. Maybe he'll get what he deserves. Maybe I'll never find it in my heart to forgive him. And maybe there's nothing wrong with that, either. All these maybes swimming around my head make me think that 'maybe' could just be another word for hope.”
― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be