"Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom."
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“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”
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Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.
I liked the Old Testament spitefulness of the phrase “got what she deserved.”
Sometimes women do.
pp. 173, paperback edition of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”
pp. 204, paperback edition of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects 2018 miniseries:
Camille Preaker - played by Amy Adams
Adora Crellin - played by Patricia Clarkson
Amma Crellin - played by Eliza Scanlen
Alice - played by Sydney Sweeney
Jackie O'Neele - played by Elizabeth Perkins