“Sometimes the hardest people to love are the ones who need it the most.” — Laura Wiess Hardest Copy Share Image
“And I don't want to hurt anymore. I want to be someone who makes it through” — Laura Wiess Hurt Copy Share Image
“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it's the happiness that cripples.” — Laura Wiess Abuse Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow belongs to betrayal. Today is mine and I don't want to waste it being afraid.” — Laura Wiess Betrayal Copy Share Image
“We're not afraid of the dark. Our nightmares were born on sultry, summer afternoons.” — Laura Wiess Dark Copy Share Image
“It's just that instead of erupting and annihilating our tormentors, we destroy ourselves instead.” — Laura Wiess Pain Copy Share Image
“Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?” — Laura Wiess Hoping Copy Share Image
“Oh, there's a wholesome outing.' I say. 'Let's all skip down to the cop shop to register my daddy as a pervert.… — Laura Wiess Daddy Copy Share Image
“She smiles and slips her arm through his. Her tread is light and bouncy and I can almost see the ghost of… — Laura Wiess Cheerleader Copy Share Image
“How about giving your old man a break here, huh, Chirp?" "Chirp is dead," I hear myself say and watch the flat… — Laura Wiess Killed Copy Share Image
“I know the grim probability of my own future. The odds are high that the best of me has already been ripped… — Laura Wiess Time Copy Share Image
“I tore the crusts off my grilled cheese sandwich and set them aside to throw out for the birds. Their motives were… — Laura Wiess Grilled cheese Copy Share Image
I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't know a painless way to do it,… — Laura Wiess Bye love Copy Share Image
“The weight in my pocket nudges my thigh, suddenly becomes my knife. I put my hand to its unforgiving outline and can't… — Laura Wiess Knife Copy Share Image
“What’s the point of obsessing over cholesterol or bike helmets or even cigarettes when the biggest threats to our children are being… — Laura Wiess Every day Copy Share Image
“After school I all but ran to Gran's and it was funny how even with her so sick, being with her could… — Laura Wiess Gran Copy Share Image
“Time is not your friend. It doesn't care if you live fast or die slow, if you are or if you aren't.… — Laura Wiess Friendship Copy Share Image
“What are you doing?" I say hoarsely as he trails a finger from the beauty mark on my rib cage to the… — Laura Wiess Beauty Copy Share Image
“That was the attorney. He said the doctors are very pleased with your father's progress and that his behavior has been exemplary-'… — Laura Wiess Habits Copy Share Image
“There are only the three of us and our dark, burgeoning desires I am so afraid of what comes next” — Laura Wiess Afraid Copy Share Image
“I am shrunken and shriveled inside, a rotten chestnut hidden beneath a deceptively smooth shell” — Laura Wiess Appearance Copy Share Image
“All emotion receded, pulled out like low tide, leaving my brain an empty ocean bottom” — Laura Wiess Emotion Copy Share Image
“And of how we never really know someone, no matter how much we want to believe that we do.” — Laura Wiess Believe Copy Share Image
“But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came. My lyre is turned to mourning,… — Laura Wiess Darkness Copy Share Image
“My mother plants her hands on her hips, peevish. “Is that the best welcome you can come up with? Why don’t you… — Laura Wiess Mother Copy Share Image
“They brought along a young man named Andy who wants very much to see you." She steps aside to let him through.… — Laura Wiess Young man Copy Share Image
“Rape is not a mistake! He did it on purpose, over and over again because he wanted to, because he off on… — Laura Wiess Failure Copy Share Image
“In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really… — Laura Wiess Abuse Copy Share Image
“You can't come wandering around in at all hours of the night looking like you've been-" "Raped?" "Not to worry, Estertown's been… — Laura Wiess Three years Copy Share Image
“The law says they aren’t allowed to share the info with anyone else, but of course they did—who wouldn’t?—so now we’re marked… — Laura Wiess Internet Copy Share Image
“I would not willingly peel back the scar tissue protecting the deepest chambers of my heart and reveal the bruised hollows pooled… — Laura Wiess Old wounds Copy Share Image
“No," I shout, because my mother doesn't know what I like anymore. "I don't eat things that bleed. Just cheese with lettuce… — Laura Wiess Mother Copy Share Image
“I learned to move silently in the background, a dirty, neglected little kid with no voice, no wants, and who made no… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
