Don't Hit Me! Quotes

“My body parts disgust him. Maybe my bloated belly isn't fluid retention but a storage of tears from all my silent cries.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“It seems that
people struggle with
up-front honesty.

They want veils
and lies.

I was born
inside out - my heart sewn
to
my sleeve.

Exposed, up-front and in your face.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“The girl in the mirror is crying.
She looks shaken - lost.
The girl in the mirror is crying.
'I can't find myself,' she says to me.
The girl in the mirror is crying.
'I can't help you,' I reply back.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“My body is an instrument. It transforms pain to melody so well.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“I am hiding in the unused fridge in the shed, curled up like a foetus. My heart is running a marathon. My breath can't keep up. I may die tonight from fear - or his hands.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“When they throw my bones into the soil. It's not the acting or writing glories I want them to speak about but my indomitable will to survive.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“Often after work, I wander aimlessly around the city. I sit in bars and look at women's faces, searching for a piece of myself. I want to return to a different home, a home where he isn't. I guzzle champagne and savour the bravado and false hope it gives me. The bars eventually close and it's time to stagger back to Cell 208, where my lover awaits me, with clenched fist and gritted teeth.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!

“His bacteria seeps through unknowingly like the dirt that clogs a pore.”
― Vanessa de Largie, Don't Hit Me!