Meg Haston Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 11 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Meg Haston.
Famous Quotes By Meg Haston
Yes, the illness took away. It clawed at family and time and the very beating of our hearts. But it gave, too. For me, it was the only way I could move through life blurry, without having to see things as they really were. It would have been too much that way, having to stare at my life head-on. — Meg Haston
But we are a group of girls so overwhelmed by our mere existence that it's almost paralyzing, the idea of dealing with the "big picture" issues. It's the reason we got this way to begin with. The reason a single caloric unit takes on such importance, the reason the pound becomes our currency of worth. These are things we can manage. — Meg Haston
But every time I near sleep, I'm scared shitless. Because the memories are coming faster now, pouring through me, as if I've broken the handle on the faucet. They are coming, no matter how much is hurts. And all I can do is hold my breath and try not to drown. — Meg Haston
Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you. — Meg Haston
Death is not an exact science, which is irritating for those of us who appreciate precision. — Meg Haston
We're meant to be part of a we. Something bigger, something outside of ourselves. — Meg Haston
My body is both weapon and wound, predator and prey. I will self-destruct without any help. — Meg Haston
The girl in the mirror was too much and not enough. — Meg Haston
We are all a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are. — Meg Haston
This is the terrible thing girls like us have in common" she explained. "Parents, upbringings,lifestyles, that are painfully normal. Middle class."
It was almost amoral, being raised this way, she told me fiercely. We'd never really understand pain. And wasn't that the human condition? By shielding us from the real world, pressing their palms over our eyes during all the bad parts. our parents -our parents-were keeping us separate from humanity. We were something else entirely — Meg Haston
It's nice to see the world that way sometimes, blurred around the edges like I've snuck to the bottom of the ocean and am staring up at the sun. — Meg Haston