Someone Else's Skin Quotes

“The sort of looks that let you coast through life, assuming you had charm as an accessory.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“It became its own discipline, the fear of failing to do as they said; a voice in her head berating her before anyone else could.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“Not all loss was about grief. Sometimes it was the loss of fear, or consequence. Loss could be liberating.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“An idea was knocking about in the back of her head, like a moth at a dimly lit window.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“The spine stores the memory of pain. She’d read that somewhere. They’d found the protein responsible for managing the body’s response to central neuropathic pain syndrome. Whatever that meant.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“Her heart staggered and stuttered in her chest, like a rat caught in the cage of her ribs.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“He was nineteen, serving time for a double murder committed five years ago, when he was fourteen.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“The glass served up her likeness without sympathy, showing every line and shadow.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“Inside, the air felt stripped dry, charged with static. Now Noah could smell the storm.”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin

“Soft brown sugar dusted the lips of the plates, dissolving to gold in the hot heart of the toast. The”
― Sarah Hilary, Someone Else's Skin