“Hell no. You're what saved you, kid. Not divine intervention.” — Laura Wiess Divine intervention Copy Share Image
“How can you make someone love you when they won't? How long are you supposed to keep trying?” — Laura Wiess Love Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the hardest people to love are the ones who need it the most.” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“All emotion receded, pulled out like low tide, leaving my brain an empty ocean bottom” — Laura Wiess Emotion Copy Share Image
“And I don't want to hurt anymore. I want to be someone who makes it through” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it's the happiness that cripples.” — Laura Wiess Abuse Copy Share Image
“We're not afraid of the dark. Our nightmares were born on sultry, summer afternoons.” — Laura Wiess Dark Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow belongs to betrayal. Today is mine and I don't want to waste it being afraid.” — Laura Wiess Betrayal Copy Share Image
“I started wondering about life stories, how each one of us has one that isn't apparent at first glance, what we tell… — Laura Wiess Life Copy Share Image
“See, guys freak out. They hit critical mass and blast nuclear, white-hot anger out over the world like walking flamethrowers. But girls… — Laura Wiess Anger Copy Share Image
“They brought along a young man named Andy who wants very much to see you." She steps aside to let him through.… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“Physical imperfections have always offended him, but apparently my bad hygiene wasn't repellent enough. Perhaps Ms. Mues's full-blown adulthood will be.” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“She smiles and slips her arm through his. Her tread is light and bouncy and I can almost see the ghost of… — Laura Wiess Cheerleader Copy Share Image
“How about giving your old man a break here, huh, Chirp?" "Chirp is dead," I hear myself say and watch the flat… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“I tore the crusts off my grilled cheese sandwich and set them aside to throw out for the birds. Their motives were… — Laura Wiess Grilled cheese Copy Share Image
“I know the grim probability of my own future. The odds are high that the best of me has already been ripped… — Laura Wiess Time Copy Share Image
“We wait to be rescued, but for whatever reason, no one comes. We figure that if no one protects us then we… — Laura Wiess Dogs Copy Share Image
“If I allow my gaze to travel higher-which I won't-I'll see the solid gold basketball charm on a chain that my mother… — Laura Wiess Charm Copy Share Image
“What are you doing?" I say hoarsely as he trails a finger from the beauty mark on my rib cage to the… — Laura Wiess Beauty Copy Share Image
“That was the attorney. He said the doctors are very pleased with your father's progress and that his behavior has been exemplary-'… — Laura Wiess Habits Copy Share Image
“And of how we never really know someone, no matter how much we want to believe that we do.” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“It's just that instead of erupting and annihilating our tormentors, we destroy ourselves instead.” — Laura Wiess Pain Copy Share Image
“There are only the three of us and our dark, burgeoning desires I am so afraid of what comes next” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“Oh, there's a wholesome outing.' I say. 'Let's all skip down to the cop shop to register my daddy as a pervert.… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't know a painless way to do it,… — Laura Wiess Bye love Copy Share Image
“The weight in my pocket nudges my thigh, suddenly becomes my knife. I put my hand to its unforgiving outline and can't… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“No," I shout, because my mother doesn't know what I like anymore. "I don't eat things that bleed. Just cheese with lettuce… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really… — Laura Wiess Abuse Copy Share Image
“What’s the point of obsessing over cholesterol or bike helmets or even cigarettes when the biggest threats to our children are being… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“You can't come wandering around in at all hours of the night looking like you've been-" "Raped?" "Not to worry, Estertown's been… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“After school I all but ran to Gran's and it was funny how even with her so sick, being with her could… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
