"Running with Scissors" Quotes
A darkly humorous memoir of a young man's unconventional and chaotic upbringing with his mother's eccentric psychiatrist.
memoir | 304 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I just wanted to make sure you were okay with me being gay.
I wanted to believe that I was a better person than I was.
It’s amazing how many thoughts a person can have in a matter of seconds.
Life is short, and the world is wide.
I could see the horizon, and I knew it was running away from me.
I had to find a way to live with my crazy family until I could figure out how to live without them.
I felt better about myself when I was pretending to be someone else.
I wasn’t sure if it was the room that was tilted or if it was me.
I knew that I would always feel bad about myself if I let someone else put me down.
As long as I could fit into my sisters’ clothes, I could pretend I was someone else.





