“ I think about Finch and Sir Patrick Moore and black holes and blue holes and bottomless bodies of water and exploding stars and event horizons, and a place so dark that light can't get out once it's i… Jennifer Niven
“ Now, if you asked him what he was going to do with himself, he'd tell you he guessed he might do anything he set his mind to. But he'd say it in a far-off way, as if he didn't really mean it or care m… Jennifer Niven
“ Angry at him for leaving without a word, angry at myself for being so easy to leave and for not being enough to make him want to stick around. Jennifer Niven
“ For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself. Jennifer Niven
“ The world after a war is a good world, I told myself. A happy world. A secure world. In this world, I might do anything. Jennifer Niven
“ Were you planning to jump off?"“Not on pizza day. Never on pizza day, which is one of the better days of the week.” I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector. Jennifer Niven
“ Just be careful" implies that there's an end to it all, maybe in an hour, maybe in three years, but an end just the same. Jennifer Niven
“ This is followed by laughter because we're in high school, which means we're predictable and almost everything is funny, especially if it's someone else's public humiliation. Jennifer Niven
“ I have songs to write and songs to sing and planes to fly and I want to see my old yellow truck again. Jennifer Niven
“ The only way around it is to stay with one guy forever." But does forever have a built-in ending...? Jennifer Niven
“ I know life well enough to know you can't count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can't stop people from dying. You can't stop people from going away… Jennifer Niven
“ In 1912, a man named Franz Reichelt jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing a parachute suit he designed himself. He jumped to test his invention--he expected to fly--but instead he fell straight down, hi… Jennifer Niven
“ I think it's early. Early in our lives. Early in the night. Early in the new year. If you're counting, you'll notice the earlys outnumber the lates. Jennifer Niven
