“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 don't like seeing myself on camera." But that's not it--that sounds shallow, like I'm worried I'll look fat or something. "It's… — Heather Demetrios Debut-author Copy Share Image
“I've never been somewhere I belonged, but there are places where I think I could be happy. Like San Francisco. Well, do… — Heather Demetrios Art 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
“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
“After graduation, we can just … ride into the sunrise,” he says. “The sunrise?” His lips twitch. “If we ride into the sunset,… — Heather Demetrios 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 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
“...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
“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
“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
“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
“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 Girl 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
“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
“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
