“Fourteen Kids, Two Dads, One Mom, Two Nannies, Two Tutors—and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.” — Heather Demetrios Children Copy Share Image
“He looks like the kind of boy who would jump trains, strum guitars, and pass a joint.” — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“I'm telling you - guys like Gavin, they're real snakes in the grass.” — Heather Demetrios Snake Copy Share Image
“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetrrs inside your skull” — Heather Demetrios Humor Copy Share Image
“Hate is a lot like love. It's warm and fills you up until every part of you is tingling to release it.” — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“This night felt like a last hurrah, like we could blaze our brightest, at the apex of our insane adolescence. This was… — Heather Demetrios Dark days Copy Share Image
“You can't screw up your own suicide and then expect the universe to give you presents wrapped in the skin of a… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“Maybe the only way you really know you love someone is it they can break you with a single sentence.” — Heather Demetrios Single sentence Copy Share Image
“This is something else I will learn while I am with you-not now, but later: there are so many ways to drown.” — Heather Demetrios Drown Copy Share Image
“I'm the girl who's desperate to get out of her small town because if she doesn't she knows she'll die. She knows… — Heather Demetrios Cities Copy Share Image
“I don't know what just happened. I'm shaking and I'm scared and confused. I do know that I used to feel safe… — Heather Demetrios Scared Copy Share Image
“I want to stay in this moment, suspended forever. I don’t know yet that this tenderness between us will be impossible by… — Heather Demetrios Hurt Copy Share Image
“You knew that if you survived that accident, there's no way I could ever leave you again. Not unless I want your… — Heather Demetrios Survived Copy Share Image
“Even Mom doesn't understand how being in front of a camera all the time twists and warps you. How one second it… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“...you turn and grab my chin--not hard, but the way you do with a child when you want them to focus on… — Heather Demetrios Abusive-relationships Copy Share Image
“This, I think, is a little glimpse of what life could be like without my family. Home could be a place of… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“Now I look at that girl who adores you, who thinks she’s safe with you, and I want to scream at her… — Heather Demetrios Happy place Copy Share Image
“Have you read my emails before?" I ask. I try to keep my voice casual but I can hear the anxiety in… — Heather Demetrios Abusive-relationships Copy Share Image
“Something in me is dimming, something that I already know I can’t get back. But you’re worth it. You are. I will… — Heather Demetrios Too late Copy Share Image
“You're a maze, all high edges and endless loops. I can't find a way out, can't see where I've been. It's all… — Heather Demetrios Dead end Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I believe I can't take any more. But I'm slowly healing. Slowly, so slowly. But every conversation is a stake into… — Heather Demetrios Communication Copy Share Image
“You're not very deep." You say these cutting words thoughtfully, to yourself, almost as though you're surprised. They hit me somewhere below… — Heather Demetrios Deep Copy Share Image
“I’m sitting here on the Kaye Gibbons Show, and all I can think is that the whole country is sick. Sick with… — Heather Demetrios Fame Copy Share Image
“I thought of the cool, fresh air of the city I'd always dreamed of living in. The art museums and trolleys and… — Heather Demetrios Alone Copy Share Image
“It's only later that I'll see you're feeding me rehearsed lines and perfectly timed smiles and gasps and tears that come at… — Heather Demetrios Fuck Copy Share Image
“Sex. It's the last thing I want, but how could I possibly say that to my boyfriend who I've been with for… — Heather Demetrios Boyfriend Copy Share Image
“The past is past. You tried to kill yourself. So what? I humped a couch in season twelve. We all have our… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it was hard to breathe, knowing how small my world could be. Maybe in San Francisco it wouldn't feel like the… — Heather Demetrios Alone Copy Share Image
“The sad swims through your veins, dives right into the middle of your chest with no help at all from me.” — Heather Demetrios Dives Copy Share Image
“If my sister were a character in a Victorian drama, she would be the snobbish rich girl with a penchant for talking… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“I'm not over the moon. I'm on the moon. It's surreal, this happiness. I'm scared the universe will notice and take you… — Heather Demetrios Happiness Copy Share Image
“When you're a stupid girl in love, it's almost impossible to see the red flags. It's so easy to pretend they're not… — Heather Demetrios Love Copy Share Image
“Gavin's a nice kid, but I'll tell you somthing: a guy like him - the kind who wants you to follow him… — Heather Demetrios Puppy dog Copy Share Image
“My eyes roved over the walls covered with my collages and prints of famous paintings. Magritte, Kandinsky, Kahlo. My origami shapes hung… — Heather Demetrios Art Copy Share Image
“After graduation, we can just ... ride into the sunrise," he says. "The sunrise?" His lips twitch. "If we ride into the… — Heather Demetrios Humor Copy Share Image
