“I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“I read once that women are more likely than men to cry when they are angry. I know that women cry out of shame. We are afraid of our anger, embarrassed by the way that it transforms us. We cry to quell what we feel, even when it's trying to tell us something, even when it has every right to exist.”
― My Body
― My Body
“Beauty was a way for me to be special. When I was special, I felt my parents' love for me the most.”
― My Body
― My Body
“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
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