nastyorchid:

galsgadots‌:

“I tried hug therapy, a ridiculous program that instructed I clutch Amma to me and repeat I love you I love you I love you as she tried to wriggle away. Four times she broke free and called me a bitch, slammed her door. Fifth time we both started laughing.” – Camille Preaker, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

ammahcrellin:

“You can come up with 4000 other guesses, of course, as to why Amma did it.
In the end, the fact remains: Amma enjoyed hurting. I like violence, she’d shrieked at me.” Finally, Camille concludes, “I blame my mother. A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.