I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl Quotes

“My mother drove me to Boston and bought me a beautiful blue dress that touched the floor, spilling out in waves; I wore the ocean in the shape of a girl.”
― Kelle Groom, I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl

“I'd been so lonely for touch that I'd run for miles at night with shin splints just to move through air. His arms, even in memory, were like a coat I could wear.”
― Kelle Groom, I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl

“No one has ever held me so tightly. It's a shock to matter this much. It isn't like arms are around me, it's more like a house, as if he has made a house around me. As he did around Tommy.”
― Kelle Groom, I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl