Change was often incremental, almost imperceptible to the observer. Failing to see it didn’t mean it wasn’t happening.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
Quotes
Maybe most people just accepted what they could tolerate because it was familiar.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
So many women she knew were cheated on or abused or simply in the wrong relationship. When she was younger, she could never understand why women stayed with men like that. But now she could see how easy it would be to sink into an offering of love, no matter how inadequate. Just for the relief of not having to look for it anymore.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
She often thought of the cruel trick society played on women, inundating them with messages that they weren’t enough and then telling them they could fix it by starving themselves, knowing that, like Harlow’s monkeys, people needed love and comfort and even more than food. And all along what women carried, what they perceived as excess weight, was merely the shame they’d been force-fed before they could identify its taste.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
We left by the side exit, and our breath rose in waves and mingled with the swirling mist. It was a pale lemon morning, the air so cold it felt like you could crunch it. The grass was crispy with sparkling frost, and the blossoms trembled with drops of dew that caught the sunlight and quivered.
– Anbara Salam, Belladonna
Next year I’d have to go back to staring at her from behind during class, hoping that the force of my interest alone would be enough to charm her. Like being watched by a sentient potato.
– Anbara Salam, Belladonna
I think a monogram says to people, “Hello, there. I’m Southern.” Or maybe it says, “Don’t steal my stuff.”
– Reese Witherspoon, Whiskey in a Teacup
When he was a kid playing with the neighbors he learned what the word “fat” meant. It wasn’t the number on the scale, the one on a measuring tape, or the one that dictated his clothing size. “Fat” meant ugly. Disgusting. Gross. Abnormal.
– Revan Badingham III, To the Boys Who Wear Pink
There were multiple reasons why Eyes wasn’t at the party. He didn’t have clothes Percy would approve of. As a writer, events with more than ten people caused him to grow unpleasant. And, yes, he was dead.
– Revan Badingham III, To the Boys Who Wear Pink
Want to believe in something.
But love the world just the way it is.
– Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road, page 288
Version:
Paperback, 300 pages
Published February 1st 2010 by Penguin Australia
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