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41 " We have the composite sketch in our pockets. We held it up to our fathers while they slept. "
― Olivia Gatwood , Life of the Party
42 " But every time I read the news, I am pummeled by stories of missing girls, murdered girls, women killed by their revenge-seeking former boyfriends, and it becomes increasingly difficult to call the murder of women “rare.” It is impossible to call my fear “irrational. "
43 " I ask for my things, you give me a garbage bag. I ask for my coat, you beg me to leave it. "
― Olivia Gatwood
44 " What am I, if not yours? What do I do with my hands when they are just hands? "
45 " We are sitting on the cusp of Spring. We are always sitting on the cusp of Spring. "
46 " At some point I’ll tell you why I didn’t go to the wake. I guess I never really knew Johnny like that. By that I mean sober or in a church. When I say I didn’t go to the wake I mean I drove by his house every day for two years and the for sale sign never got taken down like the house would always be Johnny’s. "
― Olivia Gatwood , New American Best Friend
47 " Another rule to good storytelling is that no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed. "
48 " like small children lining up behind a telescope, giddy for a suddenly reachable universe. "
49 " It seems, somehow, Elephant Butte Lake has made a hobby out of taking my boys and leaving me to carry the weight. "
50 " our bodies are the only things we own,leave our kids with nothing when we die "
51 " I slam down the glass until it cracks up the side and now the game is about who will still drink from it, who will risk shards in the belly, who will cut up their insides for a pack of Newports and it’s not that I even want the cigarettes, it’s just that i am not afraid of blood which is also part of being a girl. "
52 " ODE TO MY PERIOD UNDERWEAR I "
53 " No one wants a half remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed. "
54 " the boy says he prefers blondes and i steam clean his clothes with bleach. the boy says i am not marriage material and i put gravel in his pepper grinder. the boy says period sex is disgusting and i slaughter a goat in his living room. the boy does not ask if he can choke me, so i pretend to die while he’s doing it. "
55 " Laughter is not about humor, it is about acknowledging a shared joy. Laughter is about bonding. EXAMPLE: WHEN I HEAR MEN LAUGHING, I DO NOT ENTER THE ROOM. "