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Cat Clarke Biography

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Book:Torn

Source: Torn

“I didn't just wake up one morning and think, "I'm a boy!" It sort of crept up on me and tapped me on the shoulder a few times before I started to pay attention I began to think that the word "girl" didn't quite fit me. It was like a shoe that was too small -- it pinched me.”

Self Discovery Trans Middle School Trans Issues

Book:The Pants Project

Source: The Pants Project

“Kai, are you sure you’re OK? You’re acting a little weird.’ He kissed me on the forehead. ‘Ah, Jemima! Weirdness is one of my many charms.’ Then he grabbed me in a bear hug and squeezed so hard I thought I might pass out.”

Friendship Goodbye

Book:Undone

Source: Undone

“I can just close my eyes and let myself fall into oblivion. Maybe I'll hit the exact same rocks and my blood will mingle with his and maybe there's some kind of life after death and he's waiting for me there with his hand outstretched just like mine. But... I don't want to die. I try to twist my body backwards and pain shoots up my neck. It's too late. I chose life too late.”

Inspirational Death Regret Suicide Questioning Jem Chilling

Book:Undone

Source: Undone

“Everyone thought that things were getting back to normal. They had no idea that normal didn’t exist for me any more. Normal had been smashed on the rocks beneath the bridge.”

Death Suicide After

Book:Undone

Source: Undone

“Has this version of me been lurking there all along, somewhere deep below the surface, biding its time, waiting for its chance to make an appearance?”

Reflection Thought

Book:Undone

Source: Undone

“The thought of going to sleep forever was delicious. I was so very tired.”

Tired Tiredness Asleep Sleep Forever

Book:Undone

Source: Undone

“I should have known that the cruelty of girls is intensified here, living together 24/7, hundreds of miles away from home.”

Boarding School

Book:Girlhood

Source: Girlhood

“Our midnight feasts aren't so much 'lashings of ginger beer' as 'whatever booze we can smuggle in'.”

Boarding School Midnight Feast

Book:Girlhood

Source: Girlhood

“I couldn't blame him for not believing me because it wasn't exactly true. The truth is that you /do/ care. Of course you do. And it hurts to hear people say those things about you. But the hurt changes, over time. At first, it's sharp and hot, like a fiery dagger stabbing you in the heart, but when you've heard the same insults over and over and over, the pain changes. It becomes a dull, throbbing ache -- like a toothache. A sort of background pain that you can ignore for a few minutes at a time, except when you're lying in bed at night, trying to sleep. That's when it really gets to you.”

Bullying Homophobia Middle School Transphobia

Book:The Pants Project

Source: The Pants Project

“Kind of just existed from day to day, on weird plateau of feeling nothingness.”

Grace Entangled Cat Clarke

Book:Entangled

Source: Entangled

“I wanted to grab his stupid ears and smash his stupid head against the door until his stupid brains leaked out. Instead, I did nothing.”

Grace Entangled Ethan Cat Clarke

Book:Entangled

Source: Entangled

“Your brother is hilarious! And possibly gayEntangled by Cat Clarke”

Entangled

Author:Cat Clarke

“This is the real way a friendship ends. Not with some huge screaming row, but with a gradual withdrawal. You’d think it would be less painful this way.”

Friendship Sad Laine S Fave

Book:Torn

Source: Torn

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