50 Dark, Disturbing Stories To Add To Your 2019 Reading List 

50 Dark, Disturbing Stories To Add To Your 2019 Reading List 

Thought Catalog
By Thought Catalog
Maciej Ostrowski
Thought Catalog
By Thought Catalog
Maciej Ostrowski

21. American Psycho. The movie is awesome but barely scratches the surface of Patrick’s depravity.

22. Choke by CP was a pretty good one too. The way the character was obsessed with… well I wont spoil it.

23. 1984. Especially after I realized there’s no reason why it couldn’t happen here. Just because I grew up in a free society isn’t a guarantee that the same society will always be free. There’s no guarantee humanity will prevail. We could theoretically live in absolute oppression forever if those in charge are as effective as in 1984.

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Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.