“ Water is peaceful. I am at rest. In the water, I am safe and pulled in where I can't get out. Everything slows down-the noise and the racing of my thoughts. Jennifer Niven
“ I can already feel myself falling hard, something I've been known to do. All because she smiled at me. Jennifer Niven
“ The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places. —Ernest Hemingway Jennifer Niven
“ Theodore Finch leans against an SUV, hands in pockets, like he has all the time in the world and he expects me. I think of the Virginia Woolf lines, the ones from The Waves: Pale, with dark hair, the… Jennifer Niven
“ I skim through our notebook, thick with words, and then through our Facebook messages—so many now—and then I write a new one, quoting Virginia Woolf: Let us wander whirling to the gilt chairs.… Are we… Jennifer Niven
“ If I do anything, I have to start over, but all I have is fragments of ideas. Just pieces. Like a germ of an idea for this, and a germ of an idea for that. Nothing whole or concrete - Violet 'Growth i… Jennifer Niven
“ You’re probably better at math than I am, because pretty much everyone’s better at math than I am, but it’s okay, I’m fine with it. See, I excel at other, more important things—guitar, sex, and consis… Jennifer Niven
“ In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too. Jennifer Niven
“ I didn't know that my life forever changing would be because you loved me and then left, and in such a final way. Jennifer Niven
“ I want you to remember that you can’t feel responsible for everything. We’re your parents, and we will figure us out. All you need to do— any of you”— she looks at my brothers—” is be a kid for now an… Jennifer Niven
“ Stars on the sky, stars on the ground. It's hard to tell where the sky ends and the earth begins. Jennifer Niven
“ Besides, I kind of like my face intact like this, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, a full set of teeth, which, if I'm being honest, is one of my better features. Jennifer Niven
“ I don't know what brings you up here, but to me the town looks prettier and the people look nicer and even the worst of them look almost kind. Jennifer Niven
“ I like writing, but I like a lot of things. Maybe out of those things, I'm best at writing. Maybe it's what I like best of all. Maybe it's where I've always felt most at home. Or maybe the writing par… Jennifer Niven
“ There aren't many people who would say this about me, but the great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody. Jennifer Niven
