“I grabbed Lexi’s tousled head and kissed her hair. She smelt like John-Paul Gaultier and blood.” — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“Neil said to me once that in times of desperation, you have to force yourself to make a decision. It's your choice,… — Shirley Marr Choice Copy Share Image
“Neil once told me you had to become a monster so that you didn't become the victim of one instead. I don't… — Shirley Marr Desperation Copy Share Image
“There is no ending to this story because, as I've realised, stories don't have endings, only beginnings.” — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“What the hell. Was he going to bring out a gramophone or Morse code machine too?” — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“I swapped my heart for a bargaining chip a long time ago. And here I am turning it over and over again… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“You're so mean,' I said. 'You're like one of those people who upload pictures of themselves where they look really hot and… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“If you're hoping to party like it's 1999 because Prince told you the world was going to end in 2000, then I'm… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“I want to grow up and do something cool with my life, such as build an orphanage in a third world country… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“My uniform felt like a costume. I put on a fresh coat of black nail polish. I twisted up a tube of… — Shirley Marr Nail polish Copy Share Image
“You don’t give your mum enough credit for raising you, Elle. Look at you. Teenage sweetheart with a sugar shell and strychnine… — Shirley Marr Speaking the truth Copy Share Image
“So it is just you and your friends then.” “Yes. Is that so hard to believe?” Is it because we’re girls? I… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“I walked up to the window, raised my palm and pressed it against the pane. It left a bloodied handprint. Through the… — Shirley Marr Red Flag Copy Share Image
“Brian, maybe you are right after all. It was a plan. It had a beginning, middle and an end. We knew what… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
“I was thinking that if it really was my fault, if every reaction could be traced to an action before, then at… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
