The Invisible Girls Quotes

“As my nostrils filled with the stench of burnt hair and my friends scurried to clean up the mess, I thought, 'If your hair catches on fire while you're making a wish, does that mean it isn't coming true?”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“During the first year after my cancer diagnosis, I had prayed every night for God to take me Home to be with Him if life wasn’t going to get any better, and I felt as if my prayer had gone unnoticed or unanswered because I had to keep praying it. Now it dawned on me that I had received His response because, morning after morning, I kept waking up.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“Living anonymously in a new city and wearing wigs and sunglasses most of the time, I felt as if I were in a witness protection program, hiding out from the cancer that had tried to kill me.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“How was it that Ian could choose to tap out, but I couldn’t? Why couldn’t I take cancer to Starbucks and say, “Look, I’m sorry, I can’t do this. It’s just too hard.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“When Delilah learned that Samson’s hair was the source of his strength, she chopped it off while he was sleeping and rendered him powerless. As I studied my reflection in the mirror, it occurred to me that maybe Samson’s hair wasn’t his source of strength; maybe it was a symbol of his strength. And maybe when Delilah cut off his hair, he didn’t lose his power because he lost his hair; he just woke up the next morning and looked in the mirror, and suddenly for the life of him couldn’t remember who he was.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls