63 Quotes by Jennifer Brown

Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened.

I didn't answer. Just shook my head and let the tears roll. "I just want it to go away. I just want all the drama to stop. Nobody would believe me anyway," I whispered. "Nobody would care.

I sat back and looked at it. It was ugly, dark, uncontrolled. Like a monster's face. Or maybe what I saw there was my own face. I couldn't quite tell. Was the face the image of something evil or the image of myself?"Both," Bea muttered, as if I'd spoken my question out loud. "Of course, it's both. But it shouldn't be. Goodness, no.

It'd felt good to be part of an "us," with the same thoughts, the same feelings, the same miseries.

I couldn't make myself imagine Dad holding some creamy-faced baby, cooing at it, telling it he loved it. Taking it to baseball games. Living some life he'd probably consider his 'real life,' the one he deserved rather than the one he got.

Sometimes even stuff you expect to happen can still hurt

Because I love you. And I hurt you. I hurt the person I love most in the world, and i will never forgive myself.

Of course, you can't actually see emotional scars on someone's face, can you?

At one time it really felt like forever might happen for us.