Sharp Objects

by Gillian Flynn

Curry’s office is bland and institutional, like the rest of the building. You could debate journalism or get a Pap smear. No one cared.

They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is urine yellow. Washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss.

Feminism means allowing women to make whatever kind of choices they want.”

Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.

Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman’s body experiences.