Jennifer Echols Quotes

It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble.

When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.

My mistake was assuming that when I got to college, people would not be such assholes.

But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.

It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth.

No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I want to prevent it from happening.

The nurse knocked softly on the door of the examining room and wheeled in a shiny silver tray displaying neatly arranged instruments of torture.

But you are right, being stupid is not illegal. Otherwise half this town would be behind bars.

Or that I couldn't stand to watch anything bad happen to you, because it was like it was happening to me too. Is that love?

Boys are two years behind girls in maturity level.

Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels.

Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.

How did we get to this place where we had to be tough all the time and never said how much we loved each other?

I mean, even in these snow pants,check out my ass.

The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.

Sarcasm was a weapon for children.

Love isn’t something you have to deserve.