The Girls They Lost Quotes

“Emotional wounds created the most baggage that eventually became unbearable to carry. My mother was an alcoholic for a reason. Not that I was brimming with sympathy for that toxic hag — particularly after her latest media stunt — but I knew that people didn’t spring from the dirt with issues. As impossible as it seemed, Carla West had been born with a clean slate, innocent and unsullied by life. I loved my Gran but I could tell she probably wasn’t always the best to have around. She was different by the time I came around but there’s no telling what kind of scars she left behind on her only daughter.”
― J.H. Leigh, The Girls They Lost

“I know some people like to pretend that alcohol made them do shitty things but I think it’s just because deep down, they’re shitty people and the alcohol made it easier for them to be their true selves.”
― J.H. Leigh, The Girls They Lost

“I mean, no sense in doing something unless you do right. Nova”
― J.H. Leigh, The Girls They Lost