Stop That Girl Quotes

“We employed a stocky Yorkshire woman to walk me home from school past the barbershop with the unhappy mynah bird. "Kill me!" it suggested as we passed by.”
― Elizabeth Mckenzie, Stop That Girl: A Novel in Stories

“While we're talking about my dreams, about how I'm gloomy and combative, and about displacing those feelings onto my pillow instead of my loved ones.”
― Elizabeth Mckenzie, Stop That Girl: A Novel in Stories