“Why were people always driven to be something they were not, spending their early years wanting to look older and their later years striving to look younger? It was total madness.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely?” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Why were people always driven to be something they were not, spending their early years wanting to look older and their later years striving… — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“A radio was playing quietly. Nobody was listening. It was there to drown out the silence.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“think children need that joy in their lives. If they exist in a world where they are forever watching their parents tiptoeing around each… — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Each time he came he would twist my defenceless body into a different pose, as if I were his very own doll” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“One of the women was a natural bitch – all women recognise them, but men rarely do.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“The waiting – the uncertainty and the frustration of being unable to do anything – is unbearable.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“now. Put the past behind you and think of it as somewhere you once visited, and possibly didn’t like very much. “Do” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“It was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“When shame is your own, it’s hard enough to bear. When other people are witness to it, it becomes intolerable.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Today is the day after my wedding. And nothing is the way I expected it to be.” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
