H.M. Ward

“No matter what you do, you are that girl. It's how you become that girl that matters.”

“That man has some seriously oversized ovaries. Can you say PMS? He barked at anyone and everyone before shoving his way outside.”

“When I met Millie, she was a hugger. She hugged over everything. I didn’t. We came to an agreement that hugs are reserved for prolonged partings and death. That’s it. At least, I thought that was our agreement. It seems like she’s figured out how to steal hugs more frequently. Millie’s turned into a hit and run hugger.”

“I just wished they'd see Mari, their daughter. I wished they saw how much I liked art and how much I didn't want to dedicate my life to something I wasn't passionate about.”

“... I've run out of options. Stay with the lying psycho or work for the other lying psycho.”

“Sometimes things don't work out and the reason has nothing to do with you, or how good you are.”

“That man has some seriously oversized ovaries. Can you say PMS? He braked at anyone and everyone before shoving his way outside.”

“I wanted to hate you, but I just couldn't.”

“His shirt is covered in my sorrow and stained with my tears.”

“What'd you think would happen when you died? That the prophecy would just be over and we'd all be like, oops, guess we got that one wrong?”

“I felt like a trophy child, someone he had around to show off. It felt like it was more important that his daughter was perfect—but, I was his daughter and I was neither of those things. I worked hard to get my grades, and I tried so hard to meet his expectations, but I failed. Over and over again, I fell short. I didn't measure up. That feeling never faded.”

“You trusted me to do things that terrify you because it's what I needed. I can do the same for you. I can hold you. I can let you in.”

“He was foolish enough to fall completely in love with someone who didn't think he had a heart.”

“There were many ways to lie without saying something that wasn't true. I was learning that the hard way.”

“You are who you are. Deal with it.”

“Go fuck a monkey, Ferro. I don't have time for you or your fake sincerity.”

“I don't know what to say to fill the silence. I don't know how to fix this. It seems wrong to leave him, but I have to. There's no compromise, no alternative. Things just weren't meant to be, which seems like a pansy-ass thing to say, until it happens to you.”