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Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk tome about money and what it can buy. But it can't buy back a child once he's dead!

V.C. Andrews

Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk tome about money and what it can buy. But it can't buy back a child once he's dead!

Tags: baby, buy, child, children, cry, crying, dead, death, eyes, glare

And when I fall in love, I began, I will build a mountain to touch the sky. Then, my lover and I will have the best of both worlds, reality firmly under our feet, while we have our heads in the clouds...

V.C. Andrews

And when I fall in love, I began, I will build a mountain to touch the sky. Then, my lover and I will have the best of both worlds, reality firmly under our feet, while we have our heads in the clouds...

Tags: clouds, dreamers, dreaming, dreams, fall in love, feet, firm, grass, grounded, heads

About Author
Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews, was an American novelist.

Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we aredoomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations...

V.C. Andrews

Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we aredoomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations...

Tags: captive, decieved, defeat, defeated, doom, doomed, dreaming, expectations, fate, great expectations

All right, Chris, you've given me a breather. I'm prepared foranything.And thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for youhaven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself. I kissed him quickl...

V.C. Andrews

All right, Chris, you've given me a breather. I'm prepared foranything.And thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for youhaven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself. I kissed him quickl...

Tags: awful, breather, incest, kiss, kisses, kissing, love, loving, prepared, stand

What's doneis done. Say good-bye to the past, and hello to the future And we'rewasting time, when already we've wasted enough. We've got everythingahead, waiting for us.Just the right words to make me...

V.C. Andrews

What's doneis done. Say good-bye to the past, and hello to the future And we'rewasting time, when already we've wasted enough. We've got everythingahead, waiting for us.Just the right words to make me...

Tags: alive, complete, done, everything, fin, finished, free, future, goodbyes, real

Chris, soap people are likeus-they seldom go outdoors. And when they do, we only hear about it,never see it. They loll about in living rooms, bedrooms, sit in thekitchens and sip coffee or stand up an...

V.C. Andrews

Chris, soap people are likeus-they seldom go outdoors. And when they do, we only hear about it,never see it. They loll about in living rooms, bedrooms, sit in thekitchens and sip coffee or stand up an...

Tags: catastrophes, coffee, happiness, hope, hopes, indoors, loll, outdoors, outside, sitting

Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. We haven'tremained idle, twiddling o...

V.C. Andrews

Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. We haven'tremained idle, twiddling o...

Tags: abandonement, adult subjects, away, children, condescending, condescension, experience, eyes, good time, idleness

Though I'm not sure, I thought I saw women dressed in black, with her head and face covered by a black veil, duck behind a tree as we approached the road and parked car. Hiding so we wouldn't see her....

V.C. Andrews

Though I'm not sure, I thought I saw women dressed in black, with her head and face covered by a black veil, duck behind a tree as we approached the road and parked car. Hiding so we wouldn't see her....

Tags: black, death, drama, family drama, hatred, pain, petals on the wind, revenge, v c andrews, vengeance

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

V.C. Andrews

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

Tags: abandonement, alive, away, book reading, books, children, experience, good time, idle, live

Then the wind came in with Bart and blew the vase of roses from the table. I stood and stared down at the crystal pieces and the petals scattered about. Why was the wind always trying to tell me somet...

V.C. Andrews

Then the wind came in with Bart and blew the vase of roses from the table. I stood and stared down at the crystal pieces and the petals scattered about. Why was the wind always trying to tell me somet...

Tags: gothic, petals on the wind, premonition, roses, vc andrews, wind

God, He didn't write the scripts for the puny little players downhere.We wrote them ourselves-with each day we lived, each word we spoke,each thought we etched on our brains. And Momma had written her...

V.C. Andrews

God, He didn't write the scripts for the puny little players downhere.We wrote them ourselves-with each day we lived, each word we spoke,each thought we etched on our brains. And Momma had written her...

Tags: down here, each day, god, life, living, mothers, players, scripts, speaking, spoke

Or was Chris thinking, as I was, that if we went tothe police and told our story, our faces would be splashed on the frontpages of every newspaper in the country? Would the glare of publicitymake up f...

V.C. Andrews

Or was Chris thinking, as I was, that if we went tothe police and told our story, our faces would be splashed on the frontpages of every newspaper in the country? Would the glare of publicitymake up f...

Tags: faces, front page, lose, newpaper, newspapers, police, privacy, stories, story, thinking

Yes, I am a prisoner of sorts, but my prison isn't the house. It's my own thoughts that lock me up!

V.C. Andrews

Yes, I am a prisoner of sorts, but my prison isn't the house. It's my own thoughts that lock me up!

Tags: intrusive thoughts, landry, locked up, pearl in the mist, prisoner, thoughts, v c andrews

Look at you, standing there in your iron- gray dress, feeling piousand self- righteous while you starve small children!

V.C. Andrews

Look at you, standing there in your iron- gray dress, feeling piousand self- righteous while you starve small children!

Tags: baby, child, children, dresses, gray, kid, kids, pious, righteous, self righteous

Maybe that was what millions could do-- nail a satisfied smirk to one's face.

V.C. Andrews

Maybe that was what millions could do-- nail a satisfied smirk to one's face.

Tags: millionaire, money, petals on the wind, rich, rich people, smirk

Candy. He spoke of candy. Was he still in the child's world where candy stood for something sweet enough to hold back tears? I had grown older, and had lost enthusiasm for childish delights. I wanted...

V.C. Andrews

Candy. He spoke of candy. Was he still in the child's world where candy stood for something sweet enough to hold back tears? I had grown older, and had lost enthusiasm for childish delights. I wanted...

Tags: cathy, childhood abuse, children, growing up, sad

Chris was in the rocker, fully clothed, and was strumming idly onCory's guitar. Dance, ballerina, dance, he softly chanted, and hissinging voice wasn't bad at all. Maybe we could work as musicians---a...

V.C. Andrews

Chris was in the rocker, fully clothed, and was strumming idly onCory's guitar. Dance, ballerina, dance, he softly chanted, and hissinging voice wasn't bad at all. Maybe we could work as musicians---a...

Tags: ballerinas, chanted, dance, dancing, guitarist, guitars, maybes, musician, musicians, recovered

I brushed it until it shone and looked somewhat like it used to look,only far thinner, and less glorious.

V.C. Andrews

I brushed it until it shone and looked somewhat like it used to look,only far thinner, and less glorious.

Tags: brush, brushing, brushing hair, glorious, hair, hair care, long hair, looks, shine, shiny hair

I love you, was his reply. I make myself keep on loving you, despite what you do. I've got to love you. We all have to love you, and believe inyou, and think you are looking out for our best interests...

V.C. Andrews

I love you, was his reply. I make myself keep on loving you, despite what you do. I've got to love you. We all have to love you, and believe inyou, and think you are looking out for our best interests...

Tags: best interests, despite, faith, family, love, mothers, replies, see, sight, trust

I jumped then. It seemed I heard a child laugh. My imagination, of course. And then, when I should have known better, I headed for the closet and the high and narrow door at the very back end and the...

V.C. Andrews

I jumped then. It seemed I heard a child laugh. My imagination, of course. And then, when I should have known better, I headed for the closet and the high and narrow door at the very back end and the...

Tags: cathy