109 Quotes by Amy Reed

Our bodies are not toys for you to play with. They are not pieces in a game for you to manipulate and trick. We are not notches on your bedposts.

Maybe someday you’ll realize that we are both solid despite the cracks.

When she is done she looks at herself in the mirror. Maybe she does not hate what she sees. Maybe she does not blame the image reflected back at her for everything bad that has happened.

The youth pastor at our church says virginity is like a flower,” says Krista. “Losing your virginity before marriage is like plucking the petals off a flower. No one wants a flower without petals.” “No offense,” Sam says. “But that’s crap.

It feels like the ground is breathing and the air has hands, like everything is moving except me, like I am the only thing solid, like it is the rest of the world that is dizzy.

I’m not the girl they remember. I’m not anyone they know.

But just because she’s not helpless doesn’t mean she doesn’t need help.

Sometimes it’s the freaks of nature who end up being the strongest.

Because unlike boys, girls turn inward. They hide. They adapt, even if it hurts. Because they are not screaming, people assume they do not suffer.