Summer Skin Quotes

“People save their strong opinions for women. Why don’t they look at men? If I have to read another book or see another movie about a woman being courageous, I’ll throw up. Where are the books and movies about the men who do this stuff? But no, it’s always about the women. They not only have to get through it, they’re supposed to stand up, become a symbol, allow their whole lives to become derailed and defined by it. What if you don’t want to? People bang on about women having the right to make choices—well, they need to realise women have the right to choose in these matters, too.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“I reserve my right to choices, too, and I choose to behave badly.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“Want to know a secret? I am someone else. Nobody knows the real me.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“There was thin, reverberating silence; the sort of delicately plucked note that isn’t heard, but felt in the heart.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“All right, I wanted to tell her that when she said it was good-bye this morning I thought I was going to fucking die.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“You’re going up against years of conditioning—this idea that for every woman there’s a singular male who will haunt her, fascinate her, for the rest of her life.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“I’m into touching you. I want to go down on you,' Mitch corrected. 'Normally, I wouldn’t bother.'

'Oh,' Jess said. Then doubt arrived. 'Is that a line?'

'Yeah, Jess. I’m feeding you lines so that I can go down on you. There’s a situation your mother warned you about.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“Sometimes Jess would look up to see Mitch watching her like a cat watches a bird, and he’d kiss her like his life depended on it and then ask if it was the best kiss she’d ever had, and she’d have to tell him not to be so competitive.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“Jess nodded, her hands stinging. Eyes stinging now; heart, too.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“Heather’s face was serious. 'What did this boy want to do with you, Jessie?'

Jess looked away, her voice low and ashamed. 'He said it would just be a couple of his friends. And a donkey.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin

“Given you don’t actually know my sexual history—forgetting for a second that it’s irrelevant—I can only assume you said it because for a minute there I enjoyed myself. I hate that way of thinking.”
― Kirsty Eagar, Summer Skin