4 Quotes by Jenny Blackhurst

Just because she’s not showing off, putting herself on display, doesn’t mean she’s not worth watching.

I forced myself not to write to him or call him; it took so much willpower to cling on to the last bit of my self-respect when all I wanted to do was beg him to come and see me,...

Bea wondered sometimes what it was like to live without despising yourself. To know exactly who you were and be proud of that person. It was funny; people automatically assumed that what her life was missing, what she must desperately be in need of –after all, wasn’t every woman? –was a husband. When in actual fact she wasn’t desperate to be loved by another person; all she wanted was to feel the slightest bit of affection for herself.

I raised a strong independent young lady, I shouldn’t be surprised when she uses that strength to disobey me.