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“Thirteen years old, I thought to myself, but I felt a spear of admiration for the girl. When I’d been sad, I hurt myself. Amma hurt other people. When I’d wanted attention, I’d submitted myself to boys: Do what you want; just like me. Amma’s sexual offerings seemed a form of aggression. Long skinny legs and slim wrists and high, babied voice, all aimed like a gun. Do what I want; I might like you.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Sometimes my scars have a mind of their own.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Was life, were human relations like this always, Therese wondered. Never solid ground underfoot. Always like gravel, a little yielding, noisy so the whole world could hear, so one always listened, too, for the loud, harsh step of the intruder's foot.”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“Frankly, I think Adora prefers us to feel like strangers. She wants all relationships in the house to run through her.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“When we got home, she’d trail off to her room like an unfinished sentence, and I would sit outside with my face pressed against her door and replay the day in my head, searching for clues to what I’d done to displease her.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
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