Girl with the Gun Quotes

“thought I was just getting a pet, but that's not what happens when you adopt a dog. Even if he had never saved my life, even if he hadn't been with me through so much, he still would've changed my life because that's what dogs do. They fill a hole in you. They soak up pain and loneliness. They are at once a sponge and a calming salve.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun

“The man was afraid of me. I was a woman and I was powerful and that was a mix of impossible and terrifying to him.”
― Emily Kimelman, Girl with the Gun

“Keeping them faceless and formless made them easier to dehumanize and abuse.”
― Emily Kimelman, Girl with the Gun

“No pain in my ankle, no fear in my breast, no grief; I was pure action, nothing to live for, no thought of dying. There was no past and no future. Just that moment. Just each breath.”
― Emily Kimelman, Girl with the Gun

“Blue comforted me in a way that only a dog can. He was more than a partner, more than a protector, even more than a best friend. Blue was my dog. And there is nothing in this world as great as a dog.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun

“slipped down my body and gathered at my ankles before traveling in a flotilla to the drain. The white, iridescent bubbles jiggled as droplets of water crashed around them. They popped one by one, the mass sinking into the pipe as each individual bubble lost tension and let go.  Letting go is an art.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun