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‘You’re still smiling,� she said. I couldn’t stop. I had a stupid grin on my face and my eyes were full of tears.


“My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. ”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors

“Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.”
― Possible Side Effects
― Possible Side Effects

“You have an incredible body." He reaches out to touch my stomach. I feel no pleasure in his compliment or his touch, only impatience. This is the only feeling. I feel like the paper on which my mood chart is printed.”
― Dry
― Dry

“Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter. The fact is, I am not like other people.”
― Dry
― Dry

“In the opening to the Mary Tyler Moore Show Mary's in the supermarket, hurrying through the aisles. She pauses at the meat case, picks up a steak and checks the price. Then rolls her eyes, shrugs and tosses it in the cart. That's kind of how I feel. Sure I would have liked things to be different. But, 'roll of eyes' what can you do? 'shrug' I threw the meat in my cart and moved on.”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors
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