21 Quotes by Julia Hoban

I need a Kleenex.” She sniffs.Guy disengages his hands from hers, takes the hem of hissweatshirt, and wipes her nose with it.“That’s romantic,” she says, embarrassed.“Well, it is sort of, because I wouldn’t do it for anybody elsein the world.

It's hard to keep something a secret when it's written all over you body.

...her hand closes on smooth metal. Her fingers test the sharpness of the edge. Perfect. It's a fresh blade. The girls' voices rustle in her head. Their clamoring pushes out all rational thought. She rolls up her sleeve. The bite of the blade kills the noise. It wipes out the memory of those staring faces. Willow looks at her arm, at the life springing from her. Tiny pinpricks of red that blossom into giant peonies.

If it all looks good on the surface, I'll know I've failed at life

Her brother is crying, he is wretched and broken. Though his sobs are barely audible, he is weeping with absolute and total abandon. Such a naked display of emotion is both alarming and frightening.

I just figured out why someone would want to make the first mirror... I think some lover wanted his beloved to see how she appeared to him. He wanted her to be able to see herself the way that he did.

I guess what scares me the most now is the thought that I won’t be able to protect you.

If she let herself, she’d drown in a world of pain.

If it all looks good on the surface, I’ll know I’ve failed at life.