Pip Harry > Quotes

“As we walk across the oval afterwards - the Goth, the beauty queen and the fat country girl - I can feel the whole school turning our way and raising a collective eyebrow. If we were a band we would be called The Outcasts.”
― Pip Harry, I'll Tell You Mine

“Here’s the thing. I’ve been kicked out of home. After the last thing I did
I ran out of chances. Tipped all my parents’ patience out on the floor
like the last bit of milk in the container. They just lost it. Fair enough,
I suppose. I did do something pretty bad. So bad I can’t even say it out
loud. Neither can Mum. We both just: Don’t. Talk. About. It.”
― Pip Harry

“I’m not trying to be rude, but my parents always taught me to speak up if I think something was bogus.”
― Pip Harry, Because of You

“You’re in a bad spot, aren’t you?’

The ocean I’ve rammed into a small cup pushes out with the force of a blowhole. He hands me a tissue from his bag.”
― Pip Harry, Because of You

“Meredith and her books make me feel things I can’t afford to. I back away.”
― Pip Harry, Because of You

“Is there a breathing exercise
for not wanting to participate in life?”
― Pip Harry, Drift

“breakfast,”
― Pip Harry, The Little Wave

“When I stand up to leave
both of us are crying
for something so lost
it can never be found.”
― Pip Harry, Drift

“I ask Dad why he took down all the photos of Mum and put them away. He says, 'It hurts too much to see her face every day.' If you ask me it hurts more not to.”
― Pip Harry, The Little Wave

“Essence is a funny word to use for a person. It makes me think of vanilla essence. Did my essence smell like cake? Back when I was happy? Now I stink like rotting dead animal. My core is hollowed out.”
― Pip Harry, Because of You

“Why would she settle for the edges when she was my whole circle?”
― Pip Harry, Drift