One Lonely Degree Quotes

“Things don't always change with a bang. Sometimes they change so gradually that you can't clearly pinpoint the last moment they were truly the same.”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“Sometimes it seems so easy to make people happy that I wonder why I don't do it more often.”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“I’m taller than other 15-year-old girls, but not skinny or pretty enough for that to be a good thing. For the longest time, I didn’t even have any boobs. I was like an elongated Pippi Longstocking. Believe it or not, that’s not a popular look in 9th grade, 10th grade either.”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“The sickness stretching tight across my face the moment he was gone. My skin feels that same way now, like a mask that doesn’t fit anymore, like I’m not the person anyone thinks I am, not even Audrey. But if I’m not that person, just who am I instead?”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“The sick feelings creep up on me until I want to shout so loud that it would make my parents come running. I never do, of course. It wouldn’t help and my parents would cart me off to some highly recommended shrink that would want to know everything.”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“Things don’t always change with a bang. Sometimes they change so gradually that you can’t clearly pinpoint the last moment they were truly the same. That’s the way it was with my parents. I know when they were happy, but I couldn’t tell you exactly when.”
― C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree