"Sharp Objects" Quotes
A journalist returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two young girls, while confronting her own troubled past.
mystery | 254 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.
There's something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.
I was a cutter, did it for years. It started for me at 13, but it never occurred to me to stop until I was at least 21.
I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult.
I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you.
Adora is allergic to change. She loves to pretend the world is smaller and safer than it is.
I used to think it was some kind of divine justice that all my scars were hidden where no one could see them.
I wanted to yell, 'I'm not the one who needs to be worried about!'
I was not a good wife. I was not a good mother. I'm not a good daughter.
I just think some women aren't made to be mothers.





