"A Wolf at the Table" Quotes

I was told that the nightmares would go away when I was old enough to drink.

The key to a happy life was to accept the fact that I was never going to have one.

When you have two parents who are always fighting, you never feel safe.

There is no such thing as a good parent.

I learned that the world was a terrible place and that it didn’t matter how much you loved someone, you couldn’t stop them from dying.

He never took my side. That’s what I remember most.

It was like living in a house that was on fire and nobody would call the fire department.

I was always afraid. I didn’t know what it was like to feel safe.

Nobody ever asked me what I wanted. I didn’t even know what I wanted. I just wanted to be safe.

I didn’t know how to be a person. I didn’t know how to be alive.