Birthmark Quotes

“Turning my right hand over, he notices the half-moon-shaped birthmark that no one never notices. "What's this?" he asks.
"A pudding stain."
He looks like he believes me. "Really?"
"No. It's a birthmark."
"You're like a painting," he says, "constantly revealing new things."
I stare at Frank like he can't be serious, and he laughs and says, "What? It's true!"
"The pickup handbook?" I ask.
"You can't take everything in to for gospel, but it's amazingly instructive," he says, running his finger back and forth over the café au lait spot.”
― Hannah Mccouch, Girl Cook: A Novel

“Yes, purple is different, but different's not bad!”
― Amanda Donahue, Tyler's Purple Arm