“I couldn’t bear to be talked about. Some girls are shiny-sharp enough to not be damaged, but I didn’t think I would… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing… — Kirsty Eagar Drowning Copy Share Image
“It’s funny to me that power comes from sitting behind a desk. It should come from spending yourself.” — Kirsty Eagar Power Copy Share Image
“There was thin, reverberating silence; the sort of delicately plucked note that isn’t heard, but felt in the heart.” — Kirsty Eagar Silence Copy Share Image
“Oh, stop it, I tell myself. Stop looking for links and meaning and explanations. What did De Chirico say? The world is… — Kirsty Eagar Strangeness Copy Share Image
“Mum turns back to face the screen, and I realise I’m still nodding. Anxiety Girl in action. She has the power to… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“I draw the light with my fingers, and it seems to spark in response. And it’s then that the magic of this… — Kirsty Eagar Astronomy Copy Share Image
“He exhales, then leans forward, reaching under the table to hold my knee. 'I didn't mean that. I want to be here.… — Kirsty Eagar Felt Coming Copy Share Image
“And what really struck me was that the woman still meant so much to Grandad after all of those years. She burned… — Kirsty Eagar Marriage Copy Share Image
“See, I know what they think about me. That I’m some project. And, yeah, I’ll accept their help. But I’m gonna pay… — Kirsty Eagar Accept Copy Share Image
“SVU, CSI, CSI: NY. These shows, they're all about things being done to females and children. If they were full of thing… — Kirsty Eagar Asians Copy Share Image
“In normal families, unbroken families, the mother and the father are like two hands cupped together, and held by those hands are… — Kirsty Eagar Children Copy Share Image
“It's hard to explain, but it's related to me know that for every moment of beauty this place gives me, I probably… — Kirsty Eagar Beauty Copy Share Image
“Ridiculous really, when you think that I come from a broken home and I probably have low self-esteem. But the way I… — Kirsty Eagar Broken home Copy Share Image
“I stare at his forearms. I can make out a naked woman with a snake going up her vagina. She’s holding a… — Kirsty Eagar Joker Copy Share Image
“It’s not love. It’s an obsession. And it’s not art. It’s a way of seeing things. A way to see the things… — Kirsty Eagar Art Copy Share Image
“And we’re both emotionally limping, because having old wounds re-opened is never fun, no matter how beneficial it might be.” — Kirsty Eagar Old wounds Copy Share Image
“You cant rely on anybody being around for you, because things change.” — Kirsty Eagar Change Copy Share Image
“I've got a hangover, okay? So I'm not very... It's not easy sometimes.” — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“Kind of hard to forget a bruise exists when you’re prodding at it.” — Kirsty Eagar Hard to forget Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing. You think you’ve got balls, but when it comes down to it, you find out you’d do anything to… — Kirsty Eagar Balls Copy Share Image
“As if the ocean cares that it’s been zoned residential – what the sea wants, the sea shall have.” — Kirsty Eagar Ocean Copy Share Image
“And that's humbling, knowing that your voice can mean so much to another person.” — Kirsty Eagar Love Copy Share Image
“I don't want romance and stolen kisses and sweetness and hand holding. I want something so big it's like two planets colliding,… — Kirsty Eagar Hand holding Copy Share Image
“At seventeen, I’m in-between. Staring at the carnival from a distance. Not sure if I want to go forward and become an… — Kirsty Eagar Carnival Copy Share Image
“Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all… — Kirsty Eagar Shame Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I realized that your mind can’t always be trusted. If it can’t make sense of what you’re… — Kirsty Eagar First time Copy Share Image
“She was thin like Kylie, but she had a manic energy like Shane, so it was probably drugs. That’s just the means… — Kirsty Eagar End result Copy Share Image
“But of course when you've got it bad for somebody, you aren't really sane. You're a stalker and a groupie combined, and… — Kirsty Eagar Groupie Copy Share Image
“They stared at each other for a long time. The rest of the world had gone somewhere else and everything that needed… — Kirsty Eagar Long time Copy Share Image
“What did he say? You can't always pick your friends. Well, he's damn right there. I have two friends here: a fifteen… — Kirsty Eagar Friends Copy Share Image
“The urge to let go of the wheel and just see what happens is compelling. If I live, I’ll wake to find… — Kirsty Eagar Driving Copy Share Image
“But I do agree with Mr Findlay about one thing: I am desperate to paint, so it’s probably time to start. Because… — Kirsty Eagar Time Copy Share Image
