"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life." George Bernard

Alcohol, it most probably was the best thing Rachel had discovered on her journey towards popularity. It had the taste of freedom. Yes, it tasted like a momentary pause to her inner turmoil. Nothing felt more pleasant than the numbing sensation of her own ( Read more... )

"Cure for an obsession: get another one. " Mason Cooley
Rachel knew, even though at times she found it hard to admit, that she used to be obsessed by her boyfriend. She knew everything about him. Well, everything that could be known to someone who did not own the gift of omniscience. She used to think that love made her that way. That love would ( Read more... )

"Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves." Albert Camus

Friendship, it was a word that Rachel Berry did not comprehend. To her, it was a fraud formed by an intricate web of lies. She was shocked by how easy it had become for her to ( Read more... )

"If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit." Kevin Nealon

Rachel knew no more pain but she knew no joy either. It seemed as though everything had lost its meaning. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, after turning and tossing in her bed for countless hours, she would get up, walk to the bathroom, take a razor ( Read more... )

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

- Albert Einstein

At times, Rachel felt as though her life was a dream and, lately, it seemed to occur more and more often. When she spoke, it seemed rehearsed. Words she employed seemed to be the ones of a stranger. Sometimes, she wondered if she even existed or if she only was a body, a ( Read more... )

"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end." Benjamin Disraeli

Rachel was hypnotized by her own reflection. Her dark brown eyes were staring at her, like those of a stranger, in the mirror. She was wearing the colors of McKinley High's cheerleading squad and somehow seeing herself in that way was overwhelming her. She ran her ( Read more... )

"Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire." Kurt Tucholsky

It was funny how things could change so fast. A few weeks before, she had been a "nobody". To others, she used to be as uninteresting as the fading colour of McKinley High's classroom walls. ( Read more... )

"Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears" Publilius Syrus

The first day of school was cold and snowy. As she walked towards the entrance, Rachel Berry could feel a wintry wind shard the skin of her uncovered legs. How ironic, she thought, was it that winter seemed so beautifully romantic to one who was happy, but so painfully cold and lonely to one ( Read more... )

"As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be." Saul Alinsky

Rachel Berry had always been a woman of dreams. Her head had always been up in the clouds. She functioned in a world of her own. She had been building her life around hopes and wishes. She would constantly be thinking of tomorrow because truth was ( Read more... )

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill." Buddha

It's strange how simple words could have such a deep impact on our lives. We use them without really thinking of their power. They can be almost meaningless for the one that uses them, but terribly important for the ones ( Read more... )