Quote by Shira Glassman

“I am having a hard time throwing off the skin that I pick and peel.”

— Samantha Schutz

“Yeah, it stings. But at least I feel something. Something besides hungry. Something besides afraid. Weird. I always thought cutters were sick. Sicker than…

— Ellen Hopkins

“This hurts more than anything else because I cannot stop it.”

— Samantha Schutz

“Next time, we’ll stop someplace and bleed on a stick so I can get my mouth around that for real. I have never wanted…

— Rhys Ford

“I felt a queasy mixture of relief and horror: when you finally stop an itch and realize it’s because you’ve ripped a hole in…

— Gillian Flynn

“This skin that separates you and me.. is a nuisance.”

— KOUGA YUN

“I force a smile and hold up my hand, which must end up looking like some sort of strange, leery wince, like I've just…

— Craig Silvey

“No, sir. I won’t complain. Except when I move it sharp and sudden, my arm is real numb. It’s the rest of me that’s…

— Robert Newton Peck

“It's like an addiction, one I battle every day. It appeared at first drink. I was becoming the very thing I feared---my father's son.…

— Sara Ella

“She’s all sharp edges, you know that going in, but you keep catching your fingers on her corners and it’s bleeding you dry.”

— Kara Allen

“My hand is whole, unblemished. It’s still attached to my arm. It feels contaminated, though, and I have the strongest urge to wash my…

— Julie Anne Peters

“The ache starts in my chest and spreads through my veins. The abuse I can handle; it's the happiness that cripples.”

— Laura Wiess