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Megan Abbott quotes: It is not aloofness, superiority. It's a protection. Who in this ravaged battlefield doesn't want to gather close her comrades?

It is not aloofness, superiority. It's a protection. Who in this ravaged battlefield doesn't want to gather close her comrades?

Megan Abbott quotes: I think she might cry. In her way, she is.

I think she might cry. In her way, she is.

Megan Abbott quotes: When you have nothing inside you, you feel everything more, and feel you can control it all.

When you have nothing inside you, you feel everything more, and feel you can control it all.

Megan Abbott quotes: That was what gymnastics did, though. It aged girls and kept them young forever at the same time. And

That was what gymnastics did, though. It aged girls and kept them young forever at the same time. And

Megan Abbott quotes: She wasn't just a B-girl, she was carrying the whole ugly world in her eyes.

She wasn't just a B-girl, she was carrying the whole ugly world in her eyes.

Megan Abbott quotes: Sexual debut. Sometimes it seemed to Deenie that high school was like a long game of And Then There Were None. Every Monday, another girl's debut.

Sexual debut. Sometimes it seemed to Deenie that high school was like a long game of And Then There Were None. Every Monday, another girl's debut.

Megan Abbott quotes: Sometimes it felt like parenting amounted to a series of questionable decisions, one after another.

Sometimes it felt like parenting amounted to a series of questionable decisions, one after another.

Megan Abbott quotes: You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.

You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.

Megan Abbott quotes: Can I trust you, Addy?" he asks. I say he can. Does anyone ever answer that question with a no?

Can I trust you, Addy?" he asks. I say he can. Does anyone ever answer that question with a no?

Megan Abbott quotes: When she returned, there was Coach T. spinning

When she returned, there was Coach T. spinning

Megan Abbott quotes: Never make eye contact with a wolf. The wolf will take it as a challenge.

Never make eye contact with a wolf. The wolf will take it as a challenge.

Megan Abbott quotes: Because there's a hundred ways sex can ruin you but there's no end to the ways love can.

Because there's a hundred ways sex can ruin you but there's no end to the ways love can.

Megan Abbott quotes: Looking at her, he could almost see the painted serpent squirming on her skin, ready to turn, mouth open.

Looking at her, he could almost see the painted serpent squirming on her skin, ready to turn, mouth open.

Megan Abbott quotes: They knew each other most deeply through body-warmed sheets and the tangle of half dreams.

They knew each other most deeply through body-warmed sheets and the tangle of half dreams.

Megan Abbott quotes: That's what parenthood was about, wasn't it? Slowly understanding your child less and less until she wasn't yours anymore but herself.

That's what parenthood was about, wasn't it? Slowly understanding your child less and less until she wasn't yours anymore but herself.

Megan Abbott quotes: She said I'd better not make her unhappy because I oughta know that she's never unhappy alone.

She said I'd better not make her unhappy because I oughta know that she's never unhappy alone.

Megan Abbott quotes: I know what that's like," he says. "The way you can be saved without ever knowing you were in trouble.

I know what that's like," he says. "The way you can be saved without ever knowing you were in trouble.

Megan Abbott quotes: ...Devon wore the face of a stone Artemis.

...Devon wore the face of a stone Artemis.

Megan Abbott quotes: There wasn't much to know. Now there's less.

There wasn't much to know. Now there's less.

Megan Abbott quotes: Time to put on your miner's hat and headed toward the bright light.

Time to put on your miner's hat and headed toward the bright light.

Megan Abbott quotes: It was the best night ever.And they hadn't talked about any of it since.

It was the best night ever.
And they hadn't talked about any of it since.

Megan Abbott quotes: You never think your life will be that big. Just

You never think your life will be that big. Just

Megan Abbott quotes: Bobby pins crunching under my feet, I walk through, surveying the damaged girlness.

Bobby pins crunching under my feet, I walk through, surveying the damaged girlness.

Megan Abbott quotes: Love is a kind of killing, Addy," she says. "Don't you know that?

Love is a kind of killing, Addy," she says. "Don't you know that?

Megan Abbott quotes: A second date always felt like an announcement at his age. And he never felt ready for the announcement.

A second date always felt like an announcement at his age. And he never felt ready for the announcement.

Megan Abbott quotes: I figured I'd duck out ... before Goody Osbourne took the stand.

I figured I'd duck out ... before Goody Osbourne took the stand.

Megan Abbott quotes: That she was both fearless and fragile and could be hurt badly in ways he could not fix.

That she was both fearless and fragile and could be hurt badly in ways he could not fix.

Megan Abbott quotes: I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.

I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.

Megan Abbott quotes: It is simple as this: she has a complicated life and her clothes can't help but show it. It is all part of her unique disheveled glamour.

It is simple as this: she has a complicated life and her clothes can't help but show it. It is all part of her unique disheveled glamour.

Megan Abbott quotes: There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.

There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.

Megan Abbott quotes: Suddenly,I want to hold the whole night close to my chest and I decide it is mine alone

Suddenly,I want to hold the whole night close to my chest and I decide it is mine alone

Megan Abbott quotes: Then she said sometimes the ways boys need things so badly, like they could never stop needing, it almost scared her.

Then she said sometimes the ways boys need things so badly, like they could never stop needing, it almost scared her.

Megan Abbott quotes: I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

Megan Abbott quotes: If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.

If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.

Megan Abbott quotes: I haven't had anything to drink in so long, I figured it'd be best to have something I'd probably never want two of.

I haven't had anything to drink in so long, I figured it'd be best to have something I'd probably never want two of.

Megan Abbott quotes: Since then, he could only ever think about his sister, one wall away. And how he hoped Deenie never did things like this. With guys like him.

Since then, he could only ever think about his sister, one wall away. And how he hoped Deenie never did things like this. With guys like him.

Megan Abbott quotes: If we look at it from eye corners, or from places other than the center of our head, isn't there a kind of terrible beauty in it?

If we look at it from eye corners, or from places other than the center of our head, isn't there a kind of terrible beauty in it?

Megan Abbott quotes: If you didn't feel it on your body long after he'd left, was it really worth laying for him? I wanted to feel that.

If you didn't feel it on your body long after he'd left, was it really worth laying for him? I wanted to feel that.

Megan Abbott quotes: He looked like he could tie a knot in a fire poker, eat it, and crap it out straight.

He looked like he could tie a knot in a fire poker, eat it, and crap it out straight.

Megan Abbott quotes: Being a girl is so hard, Katie thought. And it only gets harder. The

Being a girl is so hard, Katie thought. And it only gets harder. The

Megan Abbott quotes: Then I thought maybe she did know but didn't want to look at it. Maybe she did know but there's all kinds of lies you tell yourself when you want

Then I thought maybe she did know but didn't want to look at it. Maybe she did know but there's all kinds of lies you tell yourself when you want to.

Megan Abbott quotes: There is something bad here, growing. Day and night I watch it. Growing. - Sophocles, Electra

There is something bad here, growing. Day and night I watch it. Growing. - Sophocles, Electra

Megan Abbott quotes: You really only learn your place, her mother once said, when you're left in it.

You really only learn your place, her mother once said, when you're left in it.

Megan Abbott quotes: Like all that you are is the wanting, and the rest of you just burns away?

Like all that you are is the wanting, and the rest of you just burns away?

Megan Abbott quotes: This is my body, and I can make it do things. I can make it spin, flip, fly.

This is my body, and I can make it do things. I can make it spin, flip, fly.

Megan Abbott quotes: We're all wanting things we don't understand. things we can't even name. The yearning so deep, like pinions over our hearts.

We're all wanting things we don't understand. things we can't even name. The yearning so deep, like pinions over our hearts.