19 Quotes by Olivia Gatwood

I want to know what it means to survive something. does it just mean I get to keep my body?

I want to write a poem for the women on Long Island who, when I show them the knife I carry in my purse, tell me it’s not big enough,("Ode to the Women On Long Island")

Aileen, I wish I could’ve taken you there. It’s too late now. I wish you hadn’t hurt all those people. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I know you hate it when I say that, what I meant was that I wish all those people hadn’t hurt you.("Aileen Wuornos Isn't My Hero")

Men always want to come inside you so that if they give you a sickness or a baby, you are bound to them forever. People will tell you men don’t like commitment and the first rule is that you shouldn’t believe them. Remember, sickness or a baby. Neither of which they’ll take care of.

It’s easy to hurt someone who looks just like you, especially when you hate yourself.

Sometimes, the writer in me wants to remember just so I can give you a story.

Maybe I see myself in the worst of it. Maybe if I can imagine myself in the shallow water, you should too. Maybe I am tired of hearing people talk about the murder of girls like it is both beautiful and out of the ordinary.

I kicked and screamed my way through it and so will you, I can tell by the way that you walk.

One man asks how I reach the pedals. One man asks where my daddy is. One man opens his trunk and says, Bet you’re small enough to fit.