Milk Teeth Quotes

“I sat in the grass trying to breathe evenly, thinking about all the years I had spent burrowing my feelings in the darkness of my body. I wondered if I could learn to braid them into a rope of a sentence, so I can reach down my throat and pull it out.”
― Jessica Andrews, Milk Teeth

“I wonder if anyone actually knows what they want, truly and deeply, without people or situations clouding their judgement. I wonder if we ever truly want anything, or whether we just respond to the world around us, if our feelings are reactive or whether they come from somewhere deeper.”
― Jessica Andrews, Milk Teeth

“I know that I should try to forget you but the thought of you ignites the part of me that wants unattainable things like beauty and thunder, hurtling towards a sense of something I cannot explain.”
― Jessica Andrews, Milk Teeth

“...their tasteful apartments crammed with kitsch cushions and salvaged furniture, art posters in pastel frames.”
― Jessica Andrews, Milk Teeth