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“I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs.”
― Dark Places
― Dark Places
“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with potential tears, like a water balloon filled to burst. Begging for a pin prick.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
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