Dead to Her Quotes

“Sometimes I forget you're still pretty young......"
Yeah, she thought. Sometimes I do too.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Men are fucking babies their whole lives. You spend all your time trying to make them feel better about themselves. For what? For fucking nothing. Take take take, that’s all they do. They never fucking grow up.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“The little disregards hurt the most.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Every word was like a pillow pressed against her face, but he didn't notice.....Each day that passed she found him harder to like.... She smiled even as her skin crawled. There wasn't even time to take a Valium.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“It was all so different. Sex in a mirror, not up against one. Reflection, not objectification. Soft skin on soft skin....no demand for noise and validation. ....this was sex among equals. This was not a battle, even when biting skin or tugging on hair.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“When had her moment come, that second when trust slid into mistrust and love cracked wide, emptying, leaving only the brittle shell?”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“The kind of belly men loved in women and women hated in themselves.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Men are fucking babies their whole lives. You spend all your time trying to make them feel better about themselves. For what? For fucking nothing. Take take take, that’s all they do. They never fucking grow up. Even that pissy boy of yours you’re so sure you love. If you marry him, then you’re as stupid a bitch as me.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“I never liked you much, but you also didn’t interest me enough to want to know about you.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Often what you worry other people might be thinking of you is most likely to be what you think of yourself. Be kinder to yourself, Marcie. Nobody’s perfect.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“I’m sure you’re no saint, don’t get me wrong, but goodness is something else. And I see it in you. Maybe it’s hidden away because it’s had to be, but it’s there.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“she couldn’t stop herself suddenly picturing his damp, salty crotch, and the line of wet skin under the overhang of his belly.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“The story goes that Spanish moss doesn’t grow here because it won’t grow where innocent blood has been spilled.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“She’s young, that’s all,” he breathed hot on her scalp. “Too young for me.” Thought no man ever.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Was he even worth it?”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Once a cheat, always a cheat.”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her

“Often, what you worry other people might be thinking of you is what”
― Sarah Pinborough, Dead to Her