Speechless Quotes

“Charlotte had made me feel like a real person.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“Always cold, my legs, no matter how many blankets Mum put on the bed. Why would I be pleased? A baby was a horrible thought. Who would look after me when there was an ultra-cute-vomit-monster, an impostor, vying for attention?”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“And my chest was as flat as an eight-year-old’s. Lots of the other girls had little buds already beginning to grow. Alice was already a B cup, as she kept boasting in the changing-rooms.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“Into your places, girls,” Mrs Jenkins barked as we entered the classroom. “Harriet, Mrs Alcott won’t be in today. You’ll just have to muddle along.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“Young boy like you, I’m sure you’ve got better things to do, my love. You just rest and put your feet up. You’ve been at school all day.” Dad raised his eyes to the ceiling and gave Jake a nod. “Right then, Princess,” Dad said to me. “You go along and start running the bath; I’ll be with you in a bit. I need a word with Gloria.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“I cannot hide from what I see, A mirror never shows the real me. Inside I laugh, inside I crave, Inside I cry, inside I’m brave, I am not what you believe, Inside – I am me.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“A mirror never shows the real me.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“The view was truly stunning. The scraggy cliffs and harsh stone of the moors dropped away revealing the costal basin and the river meandering majestically on its path.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“mirror never shows the real me.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“Imbicile,”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“I cannot hide from what I see, A mirror never shows the real me. Inside I laugh, inside I crave, Inside I cry, inside I’m brave, I am not what you believe. Inside – I am me.”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless

“It was a bit late to ask my opinion now, wasn’t it?”
― Kate Darbishire, Speechless