We Sold Our Souls

Fine is the only living thing besides myself who I’m responsible for. It took me a long time to get up the nerve to make that commitment, and then the first three plants I bought didn’t make it. Number four was Fine, which is short for Final Plant. I’m a final girl, he’s a final plant. We make a good team.

if someone’s following they can change their jacket or their hat, but it’s a whole lot harder to change their shoes.

Men don’t have to pay attention the way we do. Men die because they make mistakes. Women? We die because we’re female. Look at Adrienne.

Isn’t the point of therapy that one day you don’t need it anymore?”

We’re the women who kept fighting back no matter how much it hurt, who jumped out that third-story window, who dragged ourselves up onto that roof when our bodies were screaming for us to roll over and die. Once we start something, it’s hard for us to stop.

hair is short because long hair can get grabbed. I wear running shoes in case I have to move. I don’t wear loose clothing.