Gina Chick > Quotes

“Every person is just a story that everyone around them writes on them. When we meet new people, the story changes.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars

“I taught her about love, and for the rest of my life, she’ll teach me about grief.”
― Gina Chick

“The wine comes from a cask, and not one of the bougie ones either. I can smell it from the other side of the table: metho mixed with cat piss.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars

“In the magnificent wilderness of my own body, I've become a gardener, hands buried to the elbow in earth and mud and the good rot of compost, churning and turning the soil, uncovering small, sad seeds of belief that I'm not enough. It takes tenderness to plant them, right side up, water them with benedictions and a whispered spell of forgiveness, with enoughness.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars

“A life lived awake is the best drug there is.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars

“I spent so long as a child wondering how to leave my strangeness behind, and it turns out it’s the wisest part of me.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars

“Humans don’t fall in love with the person; we fall in love with the lesson they’re here to teach us. When that lesson is done, it’s done.”
― Gina Chick, We Are the Stars