“That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.” — Nenia Campbell Being human Copy Share Image
“I cannot breathe, or see, nor swim, My darkness is composed of him.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“You shouldn't be wandering around in such a big city all by yourself. Even if it is Seattle.” — Nenia Campbell Big city Copy Share Image
“Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.” — Nenia Campbell Animal Copy Share Image
“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.” — Nenia Campbell Abused women Copy Share Image
“All friends have secrets. We're like three-dimensional shapes on paper; we all have hidden sides. And there's some secrets we don't even… — Nenia Campbell Friends Copy Share Image
“Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're… — Nenia Campbell Feminism Copy Share Image
“We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“This softening she sees in me isn't enough to make me affectionate, but it's just enough to render me inept. I can't… — Nenia Campbell Affectionate Copy Share Image
“Everyone needs to escape sometimes, and retreating into somebody else's fantasy isn't nearly as satisfying as slipping into your own.” — Nenia Campbell Dreams Copy Share Image
“I missed you." My heart stopped. "What?" "You heard me." "Please," I said. "No. Don't do this." "I dreamed about you." Pause.… — Nenia Campbell Every night Copy Share Image
“Now there's a girl I don't want to mess with' — or at least, that's what I would think if I had… — Nenia Campbell Being nice Copy Share Image
“That's how it started: a series of small hurts and excuses between two people that built up slowly, widening over time to… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Does your family play games, too?" She tries to sound off-hand. "No. Just me - and my brother." Which means her parents… — Nenia Campbell Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“ They stare at her, not seeing the woman she is or the girl she was none too long ago, but a… — Nenia Campbell Endgame Copy Share Image
“I'd seen entire constellations of possibility I'd never previously been aware of, so blinded had I been by the bright, glaring stars… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“No. I made that choice. I let all that anger and pain get twisted up in my thoughts for you.” He leaned… — Nenia Campbell Abuse Copy Share Image
“There were things one could do, things so terrible, Val was certain they could make someone stop loving you. She was equally… — Nenia Campbell Depression Copy Share Image
“Power is a fickle mistress, easy to seduce, but even easier to lose. That's how it works. One moment she is your… — Nenia Campbell Change Copy Share Image
“ Out running errands—be back before noon. I made a list of some things I like. Check the ones you're interested in,… — Nenia Campbell Erotica Copy Share Image
“Did you think I'd only want you once? Oh, my, you are more naïve than I thought. Why would I go through… — Nenia Campbell Desire Copy Share Image
“Her world fragmented into dozens of sharp, cutting shards, shedding the salty blood and saltier tears that ringed the bitter cocktail of… — Nenia Campbell Butterfly Copy Share Image
“Heritage was everything: it was a golden skeleton key, gleaming with power, able to get the wielder through any number of locked… — Nenia Campbell Ancestry Copy Share Image
“She understood now why so many members of her kind died so young. It was possible to squeeze an entire lifetime of… — Nenia Campbell Addiction Copy Share Image
“I was cyber-bullied before all those Myspace-related suicides, so my school principal wasn't really impressed when my mom complained about what was… — Nenia Campbell Abuse Copy Share Image
“At first you might wonder what you did to deserve such treatment. Nothing, probably, so that doesn't matter. What matters is that,… — Nenia Campbell Abuse Copy Share Image
“I participate in BDSM, but I wasn't abused as a child. I don't hate women, or particularly enjoy hurting women. Sometimes I… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“You don't think I could bring myself to mark your lovely skin? I'll take my knife to you, if that's the case.… — Nenia Campbell Abuse Copy Share Image
“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given… — Nenia Campbell Break free Copy Share Image
![“I was cyber-bullied before all those Myspace-related suicides, so my school principal wasn't really impressed when my mom complained about what was happening to me on my Xanga blog and on AIM chat. “Get your life sorted out, you fucking scitzo [sic] dyke tranny bitch,” one comment might say…” quote by Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/nenia-campbell-1294_abuse_i-was-cyber-bullied-before-all-those-mys_1639982.jpg)
