Delicacy Quotes

“Everyone always claims to hate small talk, but does nothing to stop it whilst it’s going on.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy: A Memoir about Cake and Death

“But, if we are to get anywhere in this world, we must, at some point, learn to sever the ties between applause and self-worth.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I think worrying will soothe me, but it never does. There weren’t enough hours in the day to do all the worrying I needed to do. I would wake up worried, then stay worried throughout the day and I’d still have worrying undone at the end of the day.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I’ve carried this perfectionism into my adult life. There’s a long list of things I never did or allowed to happen, all because I wasn’t ready. I always thought I needed to change first, before living. I confused longing with living. I’ve missed out on things I care about, all because I didn’t feel ready to share myself. It was all a defence against intimacy, a very effective one, because it was lonely”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“When the brain tumour was diagnosed, I thought, The unvierse isn't done with us yet. So this is what life is really like: a series of terrible events? I can't believe I was so in the dark for so long. The body is capable of betrayal at any given moment. But then I would ask myself: Did someone promise me that it was going to be all good? And the answer would be, No, no one did. So, then, where did I get this silly notion from that life was supposed to be all good and well?”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I think the house of death has but one door, but it's the windows I don't like”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“To grow up is to lose everything once”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“Death requires faith, I suppose, because even with the luxury of time to prepare, it still seems far-fetched and absurd. All you can do is wash your face and get all the relevant documents in order”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“Everyone has the right to own a doll that looks like them.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I find myself absorbing your traits. I eat the foods you like and I use your favourite words. I say our jokes to myself. And I've come up with some new ones for us too.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“My mother's hopes for me were that I would always be happy and thin. My hope for her was that she would never leave me.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“It's always best when meeting new people to assume that they have a front-of-house life and a backstage life.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“If I lived in a village now, which I don't, I'd probably be the witch.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“There will be people after me who will still be grieving these people. I don't have to do all of it.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I think it was me who once said, "To grow up is to lose everything once.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy

“I think about the fact that my fridge has a better energy rating than me.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy: A Memoir about Cake and Death

“Let’s all eat our feelings instead of expressing them.”
― Katy Wix, Delicacy: A Memoir about Cake and Death