Debut-author Quote by Heather Demetrios

“It's only later that I'll see you're feeding me rehearsed lines and perfectly timed smiles and gasps and tears that come at precisely the…

— Heather Demetrios

“This house is a prison, a suburban Alcatraz.”

— Heather Demetrios

“The sad swims through your veins, dives right into the middle of your chest with no help at all from me.”

— Heather Demetrios

“Something in me is dimming, something that I already know I can’t get back. But you’re worth it. You are. I will tell myself…

— Heather Demetrios

“You're a maze, all high edges and endless loops. I can't find a way out, can't see where I've been. It's all running, lost…

— Heather Demetrios

“You knew that if you survived that accident, there's no way I could ever leave you again. Not unless I want your blood on…

— Heather Demetrios

“I'm telling you - guys like Gavin, they're real snakes in the grass.”

— Heather Demetrios

“You're not very deep." You say these cutting words thoughtfully, to yourself, almost as though you're surprised. They hit me somewhere below my ribs.…

— Heather Demetrios

“Sometimes I believe I can't take any more. But I'm slowly healing. Slowly, so slowly. But every conversation is a stake into an open…

— Heather Demetrios

“I'm not over the moon. I'm on the moon. It's surreal, this happiness. I'm scared the universe will notice and take you away from…

— Heather Demetrios

“When you're a stupid girl in love, it's almost impossible to see the red flags. It's so easy to pretend they're not there, to…

— Heather Demetrios

“Sometimes I cry, wondering how it was possible that I could have been so goddamn weak, so f*cking spineless. Without you around, I can…

— Heather Demetrios