Nail polish Quote by Shirley Marr

“I walked up to the window, raised my palm and pressed it against the pane. It left a bloodied handprint. Through the red shape—my…

— Shirley Marr

“I was thinking that if it really was my fault, if every reaction could be traced to an action before, then at the very…

— Shirley Marr

“I want to grow up and do something cool with my life, such as build an orphanage in a third world country like all…

— Shirley Marr

“I grabbed Lexi’s tousled head and kissed her hair. She smelt like John-Paul Gaultier and blood.”

— Shirley Marr

“Neil once told me you had to become a monster so that you didn't become the victim of one instead. I don't care what…

— Shirley Marr

“I swapped my heart for a bargaining chip a long time ago. And here I am turning it over and over again in my…

— Shirley Marr

“If you're hoping to party like it's 1999 because Prince told you the world was going to end in 2000, then I'm sorry to…

— Shirley Marr

“You don’t give your mum enough credit for raising you, Elle. Look at you. Teenage sweetheart with a sugar shell and strychnine centre. We…

— Shirley Marr

“Brian, maybe you are right after all. It was a plan. It had a beginning, middle and an end. We knew what we wanted…

— Shirley Marr

“So it is just you and your friends then.” “Yes. Is that so hard to believe?” Is it because we’re girls? I want to…

— Shirley Marr

“Neil said to me once that in times of desperation, you have to force yourself to make a decision. It's your choice, he said.…

— Shirley Marr

“There is no ending to this story because, as I've realised, stories don't have endings, only beginnings.”

— Shirley Marr