“ I don't want to tiptoe around her or him or you anymore. The only thing that's doing us making it harder for me to remember her. Sometimes i try to concentrate on her voice just so i can hear her agai… Jennifer Niven
“ In those moments, none of it matters. It’s like that stuff is happening to someone else because all you feel is dark inside, and that darkness just kind of takes over. You don’t even really think abou… Jennifer Niven
“ I’m sorry about Finch. He was a good, screwed up kid who should have had more help.” “I feel responsible. Jennifer Niven
“ It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just… Jennifer Niven
“ Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own--my words are gone. Jennifer Niven
“ Who cares for Algebra?Who delights in solving math?I only want to live my lifeAlong the creative path. Jennifer Niven
“ I’ve always thought you should be able to freeze time. This way you could hit the Pause button at a really good point in your life so that nothing changes Jennifer Niven
“ But what if hope had a threshold? What if there was a limit to it? What if each of us was only given a certain amount and mine was used up? Jennifer Niven
“ I walk through the black Indiana night, under a ceiling of stars, and think about the phrase "elegance and euphoria," and how it describes exactly what I feel with Violet. For once, I don't want to be… Jennifer Niven
“ The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Everyone's so busy waiting in the Waiting Place. If we stopped to remember that there's such a thing as a… Jennifer Niven
“ You shouldn't spend all your time worrying about the love that leaves, because then you might overlook the love that was always there. Jennifer Niven
“ What if life could be this way? Only the happy parts, none of the terrible, not even the mildly unpleasant. What if we could just cut out the bad and keep the good? This is what I want to do with Viol… Jennifer Niven
“ The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Jennifer Niven
“ I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is. Jennifer Niven