But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall. They hold in their creases the ability to change one's life, organically, forever. Even when you shake them out, they've left permanent wrinkles in the fabric of your soul. — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
Having taken on the care of foster children, a mother forced her own daughter to beat them. According to her later account: Mom puts… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
“As long as I'm between home and the clinic I do all right. But out in the real world, I feel like prey. I… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
“I am just a girl, a girl men touch without asking, a girl men disrobe without even seeing her tears.” — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
“I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry fall leaf, complete with a translucent spine and brittle veins, blowing away… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
I start to see that I surround myself with broken people; more broken than me. Ah, yes, let me count your cracks. Let's see,… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
I pride myself on how little space I take up. I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry fall leaf,… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
When I look in the fridge, I see groceries, but I don't see food. My stomach growls; but there is no appetite. Appetite and… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
“But Dad, you were a grown man, you have got to take responsibility for what you did, too! I mean, you made me eat… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
Books are my friends, where it's okay to be silent, where you're not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall. They hold in their creases the ability to change one's life, organically, forever.… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
![“But Dad, you were a grown man, you have got to take responsibility for what you did, too! I mean, you made me eat [snotty] Kleenex, Dad! For Christ's sake, you can't do that to a little girl! You have got to say you're sorry for the stuff you did as a grown man!' 'Well,' Dad snorts, 'I musta done…” quote by Julie Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ac/julie-gregory-38943_grown-man_but-dad-you-were-a-grown-man-you-have-go_2306084.jpg)
