“was a weird thing, weight-guilt. You felt you had to go around apologising for every extra kilo you were carrying or for every loss of a kilo that made people think you were one step closer to becoming anorexic. Your… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“Happy stories are the things we tell to make ourselves feel better. But they are never true.” — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“Otto and I were addicted to each other, and she was right. We’d each injected ourselves into the other’s bloodstream.” — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“was a weird thing, weight-guilt. You felt you had to go around apologising for every extra kilo you were carrying or for every loss… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“could remember what it was like to be four, thinking that the adults were in control. When you became an adult yourself, it became… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“The concept of normal is a strange thing. If a person is persuasive enough, they can tip you on your head and make you… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to put things behind us when they’re following us everywhere. Sometimes we need to stop and turn around and face those things.” — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“The stories made me somehow feel better and made me feel that my own life wasn’t out of control.” — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“Nan would come to my new house, too. Getting her there would be like breaking in a wild horse, but once she’d settled into… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“No. They think they do, but they can never love a man the way in which a man loves a woman. His love is… — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
“Spinoza said that we dream with our eyes open. We trick ourselves into believing we have free will, but free will is an illusion.” — Anni Taylor Copy Share Image
