“I can’t do this, I can’t just be a wife. I don’t understand how anyone does it—there is literally nothing to do but wait. Wait for a man to come home and love you. Either that or look around for something to distract you.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
“I waited to be told what was good about me. [...] All that time I had spent readying myself, the articles that taught me life was really just a waiting room until someone noticed you- the boys had spent that time becoming themselves.”
― The Girls
― The Girls
“I had taken away my own time and added it to his to make him more powerful.”
― The Days of Abandonment: A Novel
― The Days of Abandonment: A Novel
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