“He looks like the kind of boy who would jump trains, strum guitars, and pass a joint.” — Heather Demetrios Debut-author 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
“I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that… — Heather Demetrios Book 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
“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetrrs inside your skull” — Heather Demetrios Humor 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
“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 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 Copy Share Image
“With your lips on mine, your song still in my ears, I forget that I never said yes, that all of it… — Heather Demetrios Song 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
“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
“I love you to the moon and back - you read that in one of the picture books you brought to my… — Heather Demetrios Books 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Fourteen Kids, Two Dads, One Mom, Two Nannies, Two Tutors—and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.” — Heather Demetrios Children Copy Share Image
“Somehow, the pain and rage and confusion of the past eighteen years dissolves until all that is left is this one perfect… — Heather Demetrios Anger Copy Share Image
“Why do they make guys shave their heads when they become soldiers? It makes them look like lost kids.” — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
“You know those primitive tribal people who believed a camera could steal your soul? Turns out they were right.” — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“I feel trapped in this car with you and for the first time since we've gotten together, I want to be somewhere… — Heather Demetrios First time Copy Share Image