“You have no reason to trust me.' 'No, but I trust you anyway.” — Katja Millay Intelligence Copy Share Image
“So, you actually cooked tonight?" He regards me skeptically. I snort. Because snorting is attractive.” — Katja Millay Snorting Attractive Copy Share Image
“Daylight won’t protect you from anything. Bad things happen all the time; they don’t wait until after dinner” — Katja Millay Bad thing Copy Share Image
“There's a reverence in the way he kisses me that frightens me, because it's the most wonderful thing I've ever felt.” — Katja Millay Frightens Copy Share Image
“If I'm going to be rejected, I'd like it to come complete with humiliation.” — Katja Millay Humiliation Copy Share Image
“I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula.” — Katja Millay Birth Copy Share Image
“Then, I'll find an empty restroom and check my hair and fix my lipstick, or as we cowards like to call it,… — Katja Millay Restroom Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants to fix me. My parents want to fix me. My brother wants to fix me. My therapists want to fix… — Katja Millay Parenting Copy Share Image
“There really isn't a way to explain how a person you've seen every day of your life just isn't anymore. Someone just… — Katja Millay Every day Copy Share Image
“Just so you know,” he mimics me, “I would chop that table up and use it for firewood before I would ever… — Katja Millay Firewood Copy Share Image
“And maybe I'm a liar and I do need it, because being kissed by Josh Bennet is kind of like being saved.… — Katja Millay Kissed Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's easier to pretend nothing is wrong than to face the fact that everything is wrong, but you're powerless to do… — Katja Millay Easier Copy Share Image
“It's like having a ghost in my garage. I feel like I'm being haunted. With all the dead people I've got in… — Katja Millay Dead people Copy Share Image
“Everything in me turns on and shuts down at the same time. I am weak and strong. I am terrified and brave.… — Katja Millay Afraid Copy Share Image
“I will never forget what you did to me. I will never forgive it. I will never stop mourning what you stole… — Katja Millay Anger Copy Share Image
“I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants of shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman… — Katja Millay Magic Copy Share Image
“Josh isn’t in love with me and I’m not in love with him.” “Sell it to someone who’s buying, Sunshine. Have you… — Katja Millay Love Copy Share Image
“The teacher, Mrs. Jennings...makes us sit in a circle. An elementary school, duck-duck-goose-style circle. This affords each of us the best possible… — Katja Millay Education Copy Share Image
“At the age when most kids are trying to figure out who they are. I was busy trying to figure out why… — Katja Millay Grateful Copy Share Image
“People like to say love is unconditional, but it’s not, and even if it was unconditional, it’s still never free. There’s always… — Katja Millay Love Copy Share Image
“...every woman has one unforgivable thing, one thing that she'll never be able to get past, and for every woman it's different.… — Katja Millay Every woman Copy Share Image
“You can't change the rules and think everyone else is just going to keep playing. I know what her hair smells like,… — Katja Millay Like Kiss Copy Share Image
“People who have never been through any sort of shit always assume that they know how you should react to having your… — Katja Millay Hell Copy Share Image
“Maybe if I could have lived with that slight imperfection, I wouldn't be living with such a huge one now.” — Katja Millay Imperfection Copy Share Image
“Because it's good when you find one that does mean something. Makes all the empty ones worthwhile.” — Katja Millay Good Copy Share Image
“You're right. He doesn't look at you sideways. He looks right at you and doesn't even tried to hide it.” — Katja Millay Doesn Look Copy Share Image
“Drew fills all the silence without ever realizing that he's doing it. Josh melts into the silence like he's part of it.” — Katja Millay Drew Copy Share Image
“And if there is any part of my heart left to break, it breaks with his confusion.” — Katja Millay Breaks Copy Share Image
“You can't change the rules and think everyone else is just going to keep playing.” — Katja Millay Change Copy Share Image
“I have a black-belt in self-pity. I was an expert in the field. Still am. It’s a skill you never forget.” — Katja Millay Black belt Copy Share Image
“He's the kind of good-looking that transforms once self-respecting females into useless puddles of dumbass.” — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“I'm wondering if I'm allowed to hate Josh Bennett, because I'm thinking I might start.” — Katja Millay Josh Copy Share Image
“Everything is hell now and I deserve it, but I can handle pain.” — Katja Millay Pain Copy Share Image
“I'm grateful to Margot. Not that I tell her this. Not that I tell her anything. I don't.” — Katja Millay Grateful Copy Share Image
“I know that I'm safe here. But I know what dirt and blood taste like, too.” — Katja Millay Safe Know Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants to fix me... You're supposed to be the person who doesn't want to fix me.” — Katja Millay Supposed Copy Share Image
“-Emilia -dice, y cuando lo hace, me calienta hasta el alma-. Cada día me salvas.” — Katja Millay Amor Copy Share Image
“If I could be alone, I would. Gratefully. I'd rather be alone than have to pretend I'm okay.” — Katja Millay Okay Copy Share Image
“I’d trade my hand all over again to take back everything I did and hear him call me Sunshine.” — Katja Millay Hand Copy Share Image