Abby

“Grief twisted through me, thick and sharp, the loss never getting any easier, the unmooring from history never any less disorientating.”
― Laura Steven, Our Infinite Fates

“Once when I was falling asleep as a child, I heard my mom and dad talking in the other room. They said my brother could eat anything and his metabolism would work it right off, but that anything I ate turned to fat. Those words got to me, Net, they really did. I’ve been restricting ever since.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“I looked back at her briefly before I went, love inflating in my lungs like a balloon.”
― Laura Steven, Our Infinite Fates

“And since it seems like every single “naturally beautiful” thing about me comes with a downside that needs to be enhanced by store-bought beauty, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really naturally beautiful at all, or if Mom’s use of the term “naturally beautiful” goes in the same place where others would just use the term “ugly.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died