“And we’re both emotionally limping, because having old wounds re-opened is never fun, no matter how beneficial it might be.” — Kirsty Eagar Old wounds Copy Share Image
“It’s funny to me that power comes from sitting behind a desk. It should come from spending yourself.” — Kirsty Eagar Power Copy Share Image
“There was thin, reverberating silence; the sort of delicately plucked note that isn’t heard, but felt in the heart.” — Kirsty Eagar Silence Copy Share Image
“You cant rely on anybody being around for you, because things change.” — Kirsty Eagar Change Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t bear to be talked about. Some girls are shiny-sharp enough to not be damaged, but I didn’t think I would… — Kirsty Eagar Talked Copy Share Image
“It’s not love. It’s an obsession. And it’s not art. It’s a way of seeing things. A way to see the things… — Kirsty Eagar Art Copy Share Image
“And that's humbling, knowing that your voice can mean so much to another person.” — Kirsty Eagar Love Copy Share Image
“I am sick of playing games where you’re not allowed to show how you feel. I don’t have to play anymore. He… — Kirsty Eagar Games Copy Share Image
“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing… — Kirsty Eagar Drowning Copy Share Image
“The dogs were phantoms, signs and superstitions come to life, representatives of the moon. But sunlight burns the memory, leaving only a… — Kirsty Eagar Dog Copy Share Image
“He’s still singing to himself, eyes closed, pretending, I think, that I’m someone else. I shout in his ear again. ‘So you… — Kirsty Eagar Pretending Copy Share Image
“I have been acutely aware of the noise of the wash. The slow, steady beat of those little waves lapping the shore… — Kirsty Eagar Old time Copy Share Image
“When I come over the top of the dune I see the ocean and I feel like I’m seeing it for the… — Kirsty Eagar Blue Copy Share Image
“At seventeen, I’m in-between. Staring at the carnival from a distance. Not sure if I want to go forward and become an… — Kirsty Eagar Carnival Copy Share Image
“Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all… — Kirsty Eagar Guilt Copy Share Image
“Mum turns back to face the screen, and I realise I’m still nodding. Anxiety Girl in action. She has the power to… — Kirsty Eagar Nodding Copy Share Image
“The moon is weird tonight. A yellow devil with a knowing face and hard triumphant eyes. The top of his head is… — Kirsty Eagar Moon Copy Share Image
“Ridiculous really, when you think that I come from a broken home and I probably have low self-esteem. But the way I… — Kirsty Eagar Broken home Copy Share Image
“Yet, in the middle of all this grief, I realize there’s a part of me clinical enough to want to document it.… — Kirsty Eagar Art Copy Share Image
“The grief I’m feeling is heavy and raw, pressing down on me, breaking my chest apart. It hurts to even touch the… — Kirsty Eagar Death Copy Share Image
“It was something they'd done a thousand times before. If Jamie went surfing with a mate and paddled in first, he always… — Kirsty Eagar Surfing Copy Share Image
“He exhales, then leans forward, reaching under the table to hold my knee. 'I didn't mean that. I want to be here.… — Kirsty Eagar Felt Coming Copy Share Image
“But I do agree with Mr Findlay about one thing: I am desperate to paint, so it’s probably time to start. Because… — Kirsty Eagar Time Copy Share Image
“The urge to let go of the wheel and just see what happens is compelling. If I live, I’ll wake to find… — Kirsty Eagar Driving Copy Share Image
“I stare at his forearms. I can make out a naked woman with a snake going up her vagina. She’s holding a… — Kirsty Eagar Joker Copy Share Image
“It's hard to explain, but it's related to me know that for every moment of beauty this place gives me, I probably… — Kirsty Eagar Beauty Copy Share Image
“He's kissing me, quick desperate kisses, like I'm something he needs to live; and I'm kissing him back, crazy with the ache… — Kirsty Eagar Gaze Copy Share Image
“I bury my face in my hands. And then Ryan does such a nice thing. He wraps his arm around my shoulders… — Kirsty Eagar Body heat Copy Share Image
“I've got a hangover, okay? So I'm not very... It's not easy sometimes.” — Kirsty Eagar Easy Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing. You think you’ve got balls, but when it comes down to it, you find out you’d do anything to… — Kirsty Eagar Balls Copy Share Image
“I don't want romance and stolen kisses and sweetness and hand holding. I want something so big it's like two planets colliding,… — Kirsty Eagar Hand holding Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I realized that your mind can’t always be trusted. If it can’t make sense of what you’re… — Kirsty Eagar First time Copy Share Image
“She was thin like Kylie, but she had a manic energy like Shane, so it was probably drugs. That’s just the means… — Kirsty Eagar End result Copy Share Image
