Destructively Mine Quotes

“Your fear of geese ranks higher?” “I don’t like geese. I’m not afraid of them.” I point a finger. “If you see one on a sidewalk, you will go out of your way to cross the street to avoid it. That is fear, not aversion.”
― Krista Ritchie, Destructively Mine

“Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see. —Edgar Allan Poe”
― Krista Ritchie, Destructively Mine

“I shouldn’t have had to need you, but our moms knew in this stupid fucking world, a man is what protects me from another man. I am a thing.” I press my hands angrily to my chest. “To people like him, that’s what I’ll always be.”
― Krista Ritchie, Destructively Mine

“Like I'm an open book, when I feel like I've always lived untouched and lost on a dusty shelf. How long has he held the pages of who I am? How long has he loved each messy line? How long have I loved the pages of who he is?”
― Krista Ritchie, Destructively Mine