Anger Quote by Helen Oyeyemi

“Sometimes her words sliced down on his before they had even reached his mouth.”

— Rachel Joyce

“Sometimes words were like glass that broke in her mouth.”

— Emma Donoghue

“It's old-school to write by hand, but Jess likes the way the words blossom under her fingertips [. . .] These scribblings and imaginings…

— C.B. Lee

“She wanted to take those words back. But they were out, shattering in the air all around them, slicing them both.”

— Lisa Unger

“Maybe Jess was caught up with these ridiculous, impossible ideas because it meant she never had to try for something real.”

— C.B. Lee

“She'd never have to cut herself again. She carries a knife inside herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it…

— Scott Westerfeld

“Jess is too big for her skin, as if she might float away in the exhilarating possibility of the moment.”

— C.B. Lee

“She thought how sharp words could sting when they held the truth.”

— mary alice monroe

“She let out a laugh, one that scraped her throat and bled on her tongue.”

— Jackie Morse Kessler

“He mouths something so slowly that his snarling lips articulate the sound of each and every letter, but I read them as though his…

— Michelle Warren

“I was taking a nap in the theater one day while I ditched English, when I looked up and saw Jess on the stage.…

— Carolee Dean

“Did you hear the nonsensical prattle spewing from her pie-hole?”

— Tucker Max