“You might imagine that a person would resort to self-mutilation only under extremes of duress, but once I'd crossed that line the first time, taken that fateful step off the precipice, then almost any reason was a good enough reason, almost any provocation was provocation enough. Cutting was my all-purpose solution.” CuttingSelf HarmCoping MechanismSi Book:Skin Game Source: Skin Game
“That's when I wanted to cut. I cut to quiet the cacophony. I cut to end this abstracted agony, to reel my selves back to one present and physical whole, whose blood was the proof of her tangibility.” CuttingSelf HarmSelf InjuryCutSiSelf Mutilation Book:Skin Game Source: Skin Game