"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" Quotes
A young girl battles against societal norms and her strict religious upbringing to explore her own identity and sexuality.
fiction | 240 pages | Published in 2009
Quotes
The whitest wall in the world is nothing more than a tenement for a spider's web.
It is harder to find theology in girl's boarding schools.
The fact is, you can't understand a book without being aware of its context.
She gave me a tape measure and told me to measure my waist. It was 23 inches, and she was certain that I had still got my birthright to claim, that I was specially blessed by God and the Blessed Virgin, that she should start packaging me up to send to Lakeland Springs, where I would give the soufflé recipe to the nuns.
There is no sin that a good cake cannot redeem.
When things get bad enough, then something happens to correct the course.
You tell her things you shouldn't, things about your own sinful nature, which just occupies her mind when there's something far more important she should be doing.
That's how it is - that's always how it is, when people come snooping around, asking questions.
I shall by no means convince you of that, however, and you are free to believe whatever you wish.
Do you truly believe that this is the Lord's work and that He talks to you?
