21 Quotes by Kirsty Eagar

You cant rely on anybody being around for you, because things change.

Oooh, intrigue?' Sylvie said playfully. 'Want to know a secret? I am someone else. Nobody knows the real me.' Jess opened the door, sick of being toyed with, wanting to get away. Her voice was flat. 'You're a girl. It's the same for all of us.

Am I worried about the future? I don't know. When I think of the word it's like seeing a cavity, a space where a tooth used to be.

The urge to let go of the wheel and just see what happens is compelling. IfI live, I’ll wake to find myself in hospital. I won’t have to do anything, deal with anybody, talk, bescared anymore, because I will have become somebody else’s responsibility. And if I die, well theneverything’s solved. No more being angry like this.

And that's humbling, knowing that your voice can mean so much to another person.

Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin, pushing you under the surface.

Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to see. And you become less than it. You become something disgusting.

This is what I love about life. The UP. You can be completely down and out, and in the next you feel like you're flying, for no reason at all.

Shame isn’t a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin, pushing you under the surface.