“There are worse things in life to be than fat, and one of them is ignorant. Another is prejudiced. Another is deliberately… — Laura Wiess Life Copy Share Image
“He shook his head and gave this laugh, a good laugh, and just looked at me. "You always this happy?" "No," I… — Laura Wiess Good laugh Copy Share Image
“My father’s release date was given to all the local cops, school administrators, and youth group leaders.” — Laura Wiess Leadership Copy Share Image
“We mutinied quietly, using every lesson we’d been taught by every person who’d ever used us for their own benefit.” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
“And I don't want to hurt anymore. I want to be someone who makes it through” — Laura Wiess 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
“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
“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
“And of how we never really know someone, no matter how much we want to believe that we do.” — Laura Wiess 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
“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
“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 Life 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
“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
“All emotion receded, pulled out like low tide, leaving my brain an empty ocean bottom” — Laura Wiess 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
“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
“I am shrunken and shriveled inside, a rotten chestnut hidden beneath a deceptively smooth shell” — Laura Wiess Appearance 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
“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
