“That love we have for mothers has to be cut with vinegar, and maybe even acid. Otherwise, it will overwhelm us. She… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“You think love leaves? You think you are ever free? Then you are a child or a fool. Flee” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“When you love somebody you decide what you can take and what will kill you and work backward from what will kill… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“The sting of not having or not having enough bores a pain black hole that sucks all the other of life’s injuries into one… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“That love we have for mothers has to be cut with vinegar, and maybe even acid. Otherwise, it will overwhelm us. She will overwhelm… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“Everyone says that reading is a good thing, but Ava had started to wonder. People look at you with suspicion if they see you… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“The mission of high school was to come from money and have great hair, but blend in and be invisible and envied by everyone.… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“He was dumb, that’s all there was to it. Pretty didn’t keep him from being a dumb ass. Henry” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“What you got and can count on your fingers can give you a cushion, a bank account, a security against universal losses. Nobody has… — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“You think love leaves? You think you are ever free? Then you are a child or a fool. Flee” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“You knowing that they know opens a wound in you, an embarrassing naked space that you can’t let just anybody witness.” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“But whatever you do, don’t stay still, you’ll get stuck. That will unravel you.” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“When you love somebody you decide what you can take and what will kill you and work backward from what will kill you.” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
“You get yourself caught up with the police, in the system anything can happen to you. You know that don’t you?” “I know.” “I’m” — Stephanie Powell Watts Copy Share Image
