“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ Some toy you give, he said, gritty-voiced, and now the two tears in the corners of his eyes began to slide down his cheeks.You remembered the day Daddy said he would give me this when I became a docto… 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… V.C. Andrews
“ His name is Julian Janus Marquet, but I’m going to call him Jory.Both Chris and Paul heard my thin whisper. I was so tired, so sleepy.Why would you call him Jory? asked Paul, but it wasn’t me who had… V.C. Andrews
“ While I thought my vengeful thoughts and made my plans to ruin her life when I could, Chris was tenderly kissing me. I hadn’t even noticed. Stop! I cried when I felt his lips pressing down on mine. Le… V.C. Andrews
“ He caught my hand and drew me closer to his side. Well, should I begin to list them one by one, and by name? If I did it would take several hours. If there had been someone special, all I would do is… V.C. Andrews
“ My heart jumped. Yes. Yes I do. Chris, go on to the Mayo Clinic without me. I’ll make out fine, and I swear not to marry anyone until you are back and give your approval. Worry about finding someone y… V.C. Andrews
“ You look . . . so divine, I said in a tight voice. I see candy in your eyes and the crown jewels of England too.No—that’s what I am seeing in your eyes, Cathy. You’re so very beautiful in that white n… V.C. Andrews
“ No. I wasn’t there. I was back in Gladstone, Pennsylvania, and I was twelve years old. Two state troopers were in the driveway, with a white car parked . . . and swiftly they were striding to interrup… V.C. Andrews
“ So, the dreams of perfection, of fame, of fortune, of undying, ever-abiding love without one single flaw, like the toys and games of yesteryears, and all other youthful fantasies I have outgrown, I ha… V.C. Andrews
“ Where was that fragile, golden-fair Dresden doll I used to be? Gone.Gone like porcelain turned into steel-made into someone who wouldalways get what she wanted, no matter who or what stood in her way. 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… 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
