Goldberry Long > Quotes

“Empathy is just another way to talk about yourself.”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“[...] I wondered why I was acting so calm. I wondered why I didn't writhe against being inside my own body. If I could rip off my skin, I'd leave it in a bloody, shapeless heap on the floor beside the toilet, like so much dirty laundry. I'd beat my head against the wall until there was nothing left of my face, if it would get me outside of myself.”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“. . . in the management of pain I can forget everything”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“A voice in her head whispers "Save Yourself". Whispers "This you can do . . .”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“It came to me that I was crying, a steady runoff, a bodily function like anything else the body does on its own, a beating heart, a breath[...]”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“. . . he's gone, and all the answers in the world can't undrown him”
― goldberry long, Juniper Tree Burning

“If there has to be an autopsy of the sordid past, let's blame the parents. Aren't they the primary suspects, anyway? As the eyewitness, I'll testify to that.”
― Goldberry Long, Juniper Tree Burning

“I am my father's daughter, and my Father is the King of Leaving”
― Goldberry Long