“I can’t be your manic pixie dream girl. I can’t be the girl who teaches you how to open your heart and… — Leah Raeder Dream girl Copy Share Image
“I love you, I thought. If I was the only person truly alive that night, it was because of you. You made… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“Everything was flame shades of tangerine and pomegranate, ripeness on the brink of decay, and when the wind rippled the leaves they… — Leah Raeder Flame Copy Share Image
“I stood in the rain, watching his car go. A string tied to it looped around my heart and pulled tighter and… — Leah Raeder Rain Copy Share Image
“Are you scared?” he said into my hair. “Yeah.” “What scares you?” I kept my eyes on the ceiling. “That this is… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“He embraced me, and said into my ear, 'I'm going to fuck the shit out of you.' I lost my breath. It… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“The funny thing was that his kiss had felt like fucking me, and his fucking me felt like being kissed, everywhere, every… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“The storm front had finally broken, tatters of cloud pulling apart like cotton candy and sprinkling the sky with the bright sugar… — Leah Raeder Cotton candy Copy Share Image
“I touched his hand, carefully. Not too intimate, but not some half-assed there-there pat, either. Would he understand? Usually the thought process… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“Maybe I fell in love with the idea of love, but I’m a teenage girl. This morning I fell in love with… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it's piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it's ruthlessly making… — Leah Raeder Brain Copy Share Image
“What is this feeling? I wondered. What is this hunger that grows worse the more I feed it? They’d come up with… — Leah Raeder Food Copy Share Image
“Two boys, both in varsity football, kissing under the bleachers, muscular silhouettes merging against the deep purple sky. I wasn’t the only… — Leah Raeder Secret Copy Share Image
“There's something so terrible about wanting something you've already had. You know exactly what you're missing. Your body knows precisely how to… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“We looked at each other with that resentment you feel when you want something so much it’s causing you pain, so much… — Leah Raeder Anger Copy Share Image
“Here’s a history of the world: Girl meets boy. Girl fucks boy. Girl gets scared and skips out on boy. Boy builds… — Leah Raeder Girl Copy Share Image
