G. > G.'s Quotes

“Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Home is where the heart is, I thought now, gathering myself together in Betty's Luncheonette. I had no heart any more, it had been broken; or not broken, it simply wasn't there any more. It had been scooped neatly out of me like the yolk from a hard-boiled egg, leaving the rest of me bloodless and congealed and hollow.
I'm heartless, I thought. Therefore I'm homeless.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

“Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“Yet because her needs and yearnings are real and pressing, she must find some way to express them: she puts into body what she cannot yet put into words. Her eating disorder serves as her voice, her attempt to express and meet her needs and desires without directly asking for anything".”
― Sheila M. Reindl, Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia

“I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder.”
― Jena Morrow, Hollow: An Unpolished Tale

“my cookie? I’m not going to eat it.” “Sure. I’ll eat you.” “What did you just say?” “I said I’d eat yours.”
― Penelope Ward, Cocky Bastard

“What do you say we go find a hotel near here, have a nice dinner, hot showers and call it a night. I’d like to sleep in your bed, too.” “What did you say?” “I said I’d like to sleep in a bed, too.” “Oh.”
― Penelope Ward, Cocky Bastard

“We’re not gonna kiss.”
The next thing I knew Chance’s big, warm hands had cupped my face as he leaned in and growled over my mouth, “The fuck we aren’t.”
― Penelope Ward, Cocky Bastard

“I shivered. “You have some dirty mouth on you.”
― Penelope Ward, Cocky Bastard