“ Never let a man stay the night,” she told me. “Dawn has a way of casting a pall on any night magic. Janet Fitch
“ We tried not to be in the same room at the same time when Starr was home, we set the air on fire between us. Janet Fitch
“ This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. Janet Fitch
“ She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar. Janet Fitch
“ The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me. Janet Fitch
“ Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them. Janet Fitch
“ Isn't it funny.I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than i ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can… Janet Fitch
“ The pearls weren't really white, they were a warm oyster beige, with little knots in between so if they broke, you only lost one. I wished my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if someth… Janet Fitch
“ I wanted to freeze this moment forever, the chimes, the slight splash of the water, the chink of the dogs’ leashes, laughter from the pool, the skritch of my mother’s dip-pen, the smell of the trees,… Janet Fitch
“ My heart felt like a balloon that was filling too full, and I panicked. I might get the bends, the way scuba divers did when they surfaced too fast. Janet Fitch
“ Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates… Janet Fitch
