Bethany

“That kind of tenderness couldn't be permitted to last. You only got a taste, enough to know what perfection meant, and then you paid for it the rest of your life. Like the guy chained to a rock, who stole fire. The gods made an eagle eat his liver for all eternity. You paid for every second of beauty you managed to steal. ”
― Janet Fitch, Paint it Black

“Girls were born knowing how destructive the truth could be. They learned to hold it in, tamp it down, like gunpowder in an old fashioned gun. Then it exploded in your face on a November day in the rain.”
― Janet Fitch, Paint it Black

“Whenever she thought she could not feel more alone, the universe peeled back another layer of darkness.”
― Janet Fitch, Paint it Black

“The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.”
― Janet Fitch, Paint it Black