Quote by Ellen Gilchrist

“I couldn’t stand to be in my own skin and desperately wished I had somewhere to go or something to do.”

— M.L. Gardner

“I knew that I was leaving something behind. It was my old skin.”

— M. Pierce

“It seemed to me that boys had a lot more fun. It was a relief. I didn't look at myself from the outside. I…

— Nancy Horan

“You know the saying? Don't go in if you don't have a skin.”

— Jackie Williams

“Because I was human, and I would grow old and—I didn’t let myself get that far as he came closer still. Slowly, as if…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I called no one, and no one called me. I was suffocating with loneliness. The pain was almost physical. I felt like tearing myself…

— Cat Clarke

“I seen the look in your eyes...I reached out to touch you but feared I would mark your skin. I do not want just…

— Faye Hall

“I wanted to tell you that I couldn't stop thinking about your face. That you had burrowed your way so deep into my veins…

— A. Meredith Walters

“But what they failed to tell us is that running away and saving your own skin is only noble when you don’t leave anyone…

— Marieke Nijkamp

“I felt so skinless at times! Things hit me so hard!”

— Daniel B. Smith

“I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't want to be draped in silk. All I ever…

— Tahereh Mafi

“I know desire when I see it—and yet, this time, it slipped by completely. I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly…

— André Aciman