You Between the Lines Quotes

“You can take the girl out of high school, but you can’t take the fractured remnants of an obsessive crush out of the girl.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“Sight, the clutch of his pupils to mine. Hearing, his breathing low and shallow. Smell, whiskey and woodsmoke, maybe cedar. And taste—that one, I’m almost afraid to know. Maybe it’s better not to know what I’m missing.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“Your first reaction, when someone ignores you, is to assume that there’s something wrong with you. You assign your self-worth based on your perception of what others think about you.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“It wasn’t worth it—being vulnerable. Letting him see me unedited.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“How nice it must be to not have to orient yourself to the comfort of others. How freeing.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“Okay, you show some signs of anxiety, but it’s ultimately up to you to determine what you can live with. I guess I haven’t decided if I can live with it.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“But in my haze, I feel like somehow this is where we were both meant to be, what we were both meant to do. Some inevitable conclusion. I want to memorize five senses’ worth of data to inject into every poem I write for the rest of my life.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“As if from far away, I hear his voice—deep, like honey, trickling over my skin.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“As if the mature thing is to strangle human emotions into submission, lock them in a cage, throw away the key.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines