Catherine Chidgey > Quotes

“God made some of us more Special than the others, and that's a beautiful thing- yes? Never apologise for it”
― Catherine Chidgey, Pet

“She wasn't my first pregnancy. I was twenty-five the first time, and I still remember staring at the two little lines on the test: a pale road taking me nowhere I wanted to go.”
― Catherine Chidgey, Pet

“She'd laughed because he meant her to laugh - but for months afterwards, every time the symptoms flared, she'd imagined the shadow child inside her, its inky limbs taking shape, its tiny fingers unfurling.”
― Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt

“Although I know she must be long dead, sometimes I imagine that she is still regenerating. Resurrecting all the damaged and amputated parts of herself, and living forever.”
― Catherine Chidgey, Pet