Bella Pollen > Quotes

“Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“Children expect their mothers to love them, no matter what. Those who don't get this tend to feel cheated the rest of their lives.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“You don't need to know what you're escaping from to become a fugitive.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“Unhappiness is a dangerous thing, like carbon monoxide. You don't smell it, you don't taste it, it's formless and colourless, but it poisons slowly. It seeps into every pore of your skin until one day your heart just stops beating.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“A little bit of suspicion is a dangerous thing; a drop from a pipette of poison into a bucket of otherwise clean water.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“The world exists on thousands of different levels and just because some are more tragic than others, it doesn't make them any more valid. You fall into that way of thinking and you become so overwhelmed by the world's suffering, you go mad.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus

“People aren't often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you”
― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus