The Torn Skirt Quotes

“Broken locks and bruised knees and borrowed lipgloss and rain on the streets”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“Call it inevitable, call it the doomed fate of love. Call it karmic, fucked up, the dance of the wolves. Live it, love it, call it life. Call it Led Zeppelin. Yeah, yeah. Really, I don’t really, really don’t fucking care.”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“I've read Flowers in the Attic and The Other Side of Midnight and Go Ask Alice and I don't want to read any more books where the girl dies in the end.”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“That girl in the backseat of the beater, I wonder if she's bored d restless, stuck in this small town, hating the slow, stoned laughter and the same rock song on the radio. I hope she caught a glimpse of me through the steam. Even if she only saw my tear widen and my legs kick off the ground, she might think I know where I'm going. She might think I've found a way.”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“I don't know why, but whenever I'd look at Amber, all determined and long-legged, I'd imagine her climbing out of a car wreck while the slow, sluggish passengers burned inside.”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“Shards of glass fell down like lacerated rain”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt

“In the alley where I last saw Justine, there was no sun. The storefronts displayed carnation bouquets and orthopedic shoes and hearing aids, but in the alley, these same stores were just dark walls, and looking at them was like looking at the back of someone who has turned and walked away from you.”
― Rebecca Godfrey, The Torn Skirt