_Girl in Pieces_ by Kathleen Glasgow

FYI: Before we begin, I want to note that I have left all of the curse words in. You can decide what is right for your students and your situation. Personally, when I share quotes with students, I tend to put a solid box over the curses.

#relateable 

School, it turns out, is super easy once you remove all the other kids, asshole teachers, and disgusting shit that goes on. p 52 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

How life changes...

I was shoving my bare hands into Dumpsters, and then I was shoving cardboardy mac and cheese in my face with a spork, and now I'm shopping. p111 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Attitude

She makes a growling sound. "You girls today. You make me so fucking sad. The world hurts enough. Why fucking chase it down?" p116 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Ariel says, "What you are thinking, Charlie? Speak. I always tell my students that whatever they feel about art, it is true, because it is true to their experience, not mine." p133 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Relationships

She pauses and holds her hands. "Not a conquest, necessarily, but certainly an ally. He thrives on mass affection, even as he appears to push it away. So this is interesting. Very interesting." p151 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

I've been on the outside ever since I was little, getting angry in school and picked on. Once all that happened, I was damaged goods. There wasn't going to be any way back in, not until Ellis, and we kept to ourselves. I say the wrong thing, if I can bring myself to say anything at all. I've always felt like an intrusion, a giant blob of wrong. My mother always telling me to keep quiet, not be a bother. "Nobody's interested, Charlotte," she'd say. p222 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

I take a breath. Cold fish. I'm not a cold fish. I just don't think I matter. p222 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

SO: I know this is all wrong. But maybe, me being me, this is as good as it's going to get. It's too late, anyway, you see: I've already fallen in. p252 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

When I'm done, they hold my pad reverently in their hands. They're pleased they can finally see themselves, just like Evan was when he saw himself in my comic. Their happiness fills me up. p256 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

I miss Casper, but I understand now why she had to let go. Maybe I was, in the end, just one more hurting girl for her, but she was kind to me, and she has to be kind to others, too, because even that small kindness, even for such a brief time-- it was something.

It was something. p 375 Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

**Any mistakes in the quotes are my own. Please let me know if you notice any and I'll fix them.**