Cassidy

“My mother and her raised fist flashes in front of my eyes. I shrink away from Riley, shutting myself off, bracing myself.

There is the person people see on the outside, and then there is the person on the inside and then, even farther down, is that other buried person, a naked and silent creature, not used to light. I have it and now, here, I see it: Riley's hidden person.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“We want to destroy ourselves in order to create. To see if that's beautiful, too.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“It's counterintuitive, yes? That hurting yourself makes you feel better. That somehow you can rid yourself of pain by causing yourself pain. -pg 42”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“I'm so tired of drunk and desperate. I'm tired and angry at me. For letting myself get smaller and smaller in the hopes that he would notice me more. But how can someone notice you if you keep getting smaller?”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces