Quotes from book

Dare Me

“If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.”

“The more I did it―the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high.
It was something. Don't say it wasn't.”

“She said I'd better not make her unhappy because I oughta know that she's never unhappy alone.”

“People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can't help wanting. You can't be afraid.”

“Ages fourteen to eighteen, a girl needs something to kill all that time, that endless itchy waiting, every hour, every day for something — anything — to begin.”

“There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.”