Quote by Mary Gaitskill Download Open image ““She was starved hurting limbs.”” — Mary Gaitskill ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“When I heard that she was dead, I really suffered very little.” — Geoffrey Household Copy Share Image
“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.” — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“I wanted her in a way that made me feel like every second I was sated and starving.” — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“The pain broke through the skin, dismantled her pores, and ate away at everything that was once strong. She was laid bare with nothing… — J. Autherine Copy Share Image
“He woke her then, and trembling and obedient, she ate that burning heart out of his hand. Weeping, I saw him then depart from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unconsciously, one hand crept down to her belly, where an ache was beginning to blossom.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“It was the loss of her friend, not the loss of her suitor, that had taught her how deeply pain could cut.” — Libbie Hawker Copy Share Image
“Her knees quaked, but she swallowed the blood in her mouth and took another breath. She had not imagined it would end like this.… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“She felt like an amputee, reaching out reflexively with an arm she no longer had.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.” — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
“She held his hand tightly, as the life support system was removed. Her stomach contracted, she felt like she was being squeezed in the… — Kirthi Jayakumar Copy Share Image
“I carry love wrapped in pain. That is my treasure and soon it will be yours.” — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“God famously doesn't afflict Job because of anything Job has done, but because he wants to prove a point to Satan. Twenty years later,… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
When you're writing a story, you're creating something of an artificial ending. — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
Partly, I'm worried that no one is saying anything because they are afraid of being seen as politically correct. — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“...loading your brain with subliminal messages.... How loathsome to turn a sadistic murder into entertainment [in the newspaper] -- and yet how hard not… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“The place Joanne is building inside [herself] has rooms for all of this. Not just rooms. Beautiful ones. For Karl and Jerry and Karen… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“Valiantly, he tried to bring his soul to life in the small thing through which it had to live, and it was crushed, again… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
The best definition I've heard is that guilt is about what you've done, shame is about who you are. If something's out of my… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
When my first book came out, it was very disorienting. My health went south. I didn't know how to relate to people. I thought,… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“But life can give a lot. If you can’t see inside the heart no matter how you look, then why not look? Why not… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
Sexuality is a place where people are very vulnerable and can be experiencing and embodying very raw forces that they don't really understand and… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
