"I sat in my chair, with my lunch half-eaten. I felt sorry for her, and I felt betrayed by my own compassion. I closed the door, slammed it hard, just by thinking of those two weeks when we were starved... four days of eating nothing else but crackers and cheese, and three days without any food at all, and nothing but water to drink. And then the whippings, the tar in my hair, and, most of all, the way Chris had to slash his wrist to feed the twins his nourishing blood."
- Flowers in the Attic
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Flowers in the Attic Quotes
Mystery / ThrillerQuotes from the series of Flowers in the Attic Petals on the Wind If There Be Thorns Seeds of Yesterday Garden of Shadows
