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Kate Elizabeth Russell
“men who claim to be turned on by strength but can only handle women who act like girls.”
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell
“He’s the only person who ever understood that desire. Not to die, but to already be dead.”
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell
“I’m so fucking tired of this,” I whisper. Ruby’s crouching on the floor in front of me, her hands on my shoulders, the first time she’s ever touched me. “What are you tired of?” she asks. “Hearing him, seeing him, everything I do being laced with him.” We’re quiet. My breathing steadies and she stands, her hands dropping away from me. Gently, she says, “If you think back to the first incident—” “No, I can’t.” I throw my head against the back of the chair, press myself into the cushion. “I can’t go back there.” “You don’t have to go back,” she says. “You can stay in the room. Just think of one moment, the first one between the two of you that could be considered intimate. When you look back on that first memory, who was the initiator, you or him?” She waits, but I can’t say it. Him. He called me up to his desk and touched me while the rest of the class did their homework. I sat beside him, stared out the window, and let him do what he wanted. And I didn’t understand it, didn’t ask for it. I exhale, hang my head. “I can’t.” “That’s fine,” she says. “Take it slow.” “I just feel . . .” I press the heels of my hands into my thighs. “I can’t lose the thing I’ve held on to for so long. You know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.” “I know,” she says. “Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it?” I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide-open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.” She stands over me as I say I’m sad, I’m so sad, small, simple words, the only ones that make sense as I clutch my chest like a child and point to where it hurts.”
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell
“She didn't understand the horror of watching your body star in something your mind didn't agree to.”
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell
“There must be a point where you’re allowed to be defined by something other than what he did to you.”
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

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