“I've decided that it's possible to LOVE someone for entirely SELFLESS reasons, for all of their flaw and weaknesses, and still NOT succeed in having them love you back. It's sad, perhaps, but not TRAGIC, unless you dwell forever in… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“I've decided that it's possible to LOVE someone for entirely SELFLESS reasons, for all of their flaw and weaknesses, and still NOT succeed in… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
I have learned that some people who look fine are more crippled than I am, by fears they can’t explain. Other people are held… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“He stood in front of her and told her he'd come, not to climb her tower but to shelter it. In his clumsy way,… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
I thought helping someone else might take me out of my own head for a while. — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
This is what we do, my mother's life said. We find ourselves in the sacrifices we make. — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“The real problem with his type of OCD--chronic fear of hurting other people--was that you thought so much about not running over children, not… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
Scratch a female inmate, I've discovered, and you'll usually find a girl whose mother had terrible taste in men. — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“Don't worry. Here's the thing I've learned about pregnancy. Everything feels like a crisis and everything turns out to be heartburn.” — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“Stains were a patchwork of mistakes you couldn't get rid of. They showed the world your real self, even the parts you didn't want… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
