Forgive Me My Salt Quotes

“Sometimes, a child will go under
while their parent is watching,
and they don’t even know
anything is wrong.
My mom asks if everything’s okay,
and I say of course.
Drowning is a quiet,
desperate thing.”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“Am I supposed to be grateful to have survived this?”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“The fifth problem
is that when a new man tells you
he likes you too much
already,
it doesn’t sound like a promise.
It sounds like a smoke alarm,
warning you to get out fast—
If you hurry, you might miss the worst of it.”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“just so you remember
trauma knows exactly where you live --
who do you think built the house?”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“This is the hardest part—
That boy is not made of fists.
That boy
learned how to braid my hair.
These things do not un-truth themselves
when the first door slams.
I did not stop loving him
all the months I was holding my breath.”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“The best part of having superpowers
is that most of the time
other people do not even know that you
have them—
like when Peter Parker goes paintballing,
people just think he is a really awesome paintballer,
and he totally gets away with using his Spidey senses,
and when Aquaman is on OkCupid,
and he says he spends a lot of time
thinking about global warming,
people just think he’s a conscientious
dude,
and on the days that I get out of bed
and put on appropriate workplace attire
and eat three meals, none of which are Hot Pockets,
people can’t even tell that right then,
at that moment,
I am using my superpowers.

Anxiety is your body’s response to perceived danger
and mine is so strong
you would have to call it a superpower.

It never gives up;
It is always looking for a fight;
It is the fiercest part of me.”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt

“(...) like he left a piece of himself with you
and you are terrified
he is coming back for it.

Or he left a piece of himself with you
and you are terrified
he is not coming back for it.”
― Brenna Twohy, Forgive Me My Salt