Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?
Jennifer DonnellyIt's only the body that's gone. Only the body. There's a part that doesn't go in the ground, a part that stays inside you forever.
Jennifer DonnellyBecause just for a few seconds, someone else hurts, too. For just a few seconds, I'm not alone.
Jennifer DonnellyThere is a ghost here. A lonely, heartbroken spirit. The ghost of everything that could've been and never was.
Jennifer DonnellyThe guitar's still around me. I slip it off and put it down. I want to feel him. To feel his breath on my neck. The warmth of his skin. To feel something other than sadness. Hold me, I tell him silently. Hold me here. To this place. This life. Make me want you. Want this. Want something. Please
Jennifer Donnelly