Prostitute Laundry Quotes

“The great delusion of men everywhere, that their disregard for other people makes them interesting”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“I've never been sure how to define 'in love.' It's like a measuring rope that keeps changing length. When Brandon's lie broke my heart that night in his bed, I thought, 'I'll never love anyone like this again,' and I haven't. I've never intensely cared for any man in a way that feels identical to how I cared for another. I found George because I was yearning to replace Ethan, and look what happened. I just added another love to the list. The mistake is in thinking there is only one spot. You divot the sand and the tide fills it in and then you create another pocket while the tide drains itself out. Same properties. Different shapes. It's never the same.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“It started to hurt less because it mattered so much less.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“I smiled the private smile of the corrected fool”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“There's no point fighting for something circumstances aren't ready to give you.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“I'm sorry,' I told him one night over dinner. I was genuinely embarrassed, not least of all because I was sure I'd said it before. 'Sometimes I love you too much to listen to what you're saying.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“I wanted to press the bruise once more to see how much pain was still pooled below the surface. I don't mean I wanted it in the sense of desire. Rather, I intended to do it through the force of primal habit.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“In the past, I thought I should put serious effort into being less materially attached, to train myself to like expensive things less. Now it was happening organically and almost violently, with full conviction.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry

“That's how to cultivate obsession even if you're only trying for reassurance. Document it. Keep touching it. Make sure it's really there.”
― Charlotte Shane, Prostitute Laundry