Best Of Rachel Harrison's "Black Sheep"

Here is a selection of memorable quotes from Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

It occurred to me then, mouth full of chocolate chip banana mush, that our past is not the truth. It's warped by time and emotion, inevitably muddied by love and resentment, joy and shame, hope and regret. I couldn't trust my own memories. Good or bad.

p. 95

How could I have known then? How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?

p. 250

I was tired of being bitter, tired of my cynicism. It had never saved me from heartache, never insulated me from hurt. It had only made me miserable. 

p. 263

What I do know, what I've learned the hard way, is that we don't get to choose our parents or the circumstances we're born into. We can't change our blood. But it shouldn't determine our fate. It doesn't. We still get to choose who we are, who we want to be.

p. 288-289