“It's hard to keep something a secret when it's written all over you body.” — Julia Hoban Guy Copy Share Image
“Every lineament of the girl's wasted body is a testament to her inner turmoil. Willow can only imagine what kind of pain… — Julia Hoban Anorexia Copy Share Image
“I just figured out why someone would want to make the first mirror... I think some lover wanted his beloved to see… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“It's hard to keep a secret when it's written all over your body... ” — Julia Hoban Writing Copy Share Image
“...her hand closes on smooth metal. Her fingers test the sharpness of the edge. Perfect. It's a fresh blade. The girls' voices… — Julia Hoban Cutting Copy Share Image
“And she knows then that she was right about her brother, that it takes an unbelievable strength to feel this kind of… — Julia Hoban Fiction Copy Share Image
“And yet, as she sits there with him on the window seat, with his strong arms around her, she knows that if… — Julia Hoban Fiction Copy Share Image
“She watches as the blood springs from the cut she's making, but it doesn't change anything. Not this time. She swipes again,… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“Well, sometimes I worry that my whole life will be based about what's comfortable and easy. I'll care too much about what… — Julia Hoban Fear Copy Share Image
“I guess what scares me the most now is the thought that I won't be able to protect you” — Julia Hoban Protection Copy Share Image
“If someone were to look carefully, the angry red marks underneath the fine cotton of her blouse would be clearly visible. But… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“I bought you something" Willows blurts out. "You bought...What?" Willow closes her eyes for a second. She's a little surprised she's going… — Julia Hoban Caring-heart-warming Copy Share Image
“But...Well, have you ever done this with anyone else?" "Never." He pulls her down so that she is lying on the window… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“You couldn't really say that something that hurts so badly feels good exactly. It's more that it just feels right. And something… — Julia Hoban Feels right Copy Share Image
“Her brother is crying, he is wretched and broken. Though his sobs are barely audible, he is weeping with absolute and total… — Julia Hoban Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“...if this is not a happy ending, it is perhaps a happy beginning.” — Julia Hoban Happiness Copy Share Image
“And I was right to be...to become a cutter, because maybe you think this doesn't look so bad, that girls cry, that… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“She starts to roll down her sleeve, but Guy stops her. He holds her arm, looks at her cuts, traces the pattern… — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“It /is/ painful, she flinches involuntarily, but it is Guy who cries out. "I'm sorry! Did I hurt you?! I didn't mean… — Julia Hoban Pain Copy Share Image
“We'd already talked in the stacks, and I knew you were different from any other girl I'd met. And you told me… — Julia Hoban Parenting Copy Share Image
“Isn't that interesting." "Hmmmm?" "When you blush, it doesn't stop at your collarbone.” — Julia Hoban Copy Share Image
“Willow sees her before any of the others. A walking skeleton, the victim of some terrible wasting disease, like something out of… — Julia Hoban Anorexia Copy Share Image
“I need a Kleenex.” She sniffs. Guy disengages his hands from hers, takes the hem of his sweatshirt, and wipes her nose… — Julia Hoban Guy Copy Share Image
“But with you, well, the things you say ... You do get it, and that does make me feel ... better." Willow… — Julia Hoban Time Copy Share Image
