"Mysterious Skin" Quotes
Two boys' lives intersect after experiencing childhood trauma, leading them on separate paths of self-discovery and healing.
fiction | 292 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I wondered what it was like to be loved by this boy, to be touched, consumed, and desired with such intensity.
Some people touch you and you never forget them.
It's strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.
If we're not in each other's dreams, we're not in anything.
I was fifteen, and the world was my asshole.
The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone.
The truth is, I wanted to be eaten alive.
Sometimes, I think boys are like dogs - they'll keep humping anything that moves.
I think some people are just born with a sadness in them.
Time is a funny thing, it can give and it can take away; and a single moment in time can truly change one's life forever.
