Jennifer Castle Quotes

#1. It's fascinating, how they managed to wound each other so easily and accidentally.

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#2. I don't know, Laurel, said David, and I loved how he said my name, like he enjoyed it.

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#3. But even if that were true, I was working hard. I didn't know how not to.

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#4. Kiss me, Joe. I won't shatter ... Seriously, Joe, you can touch me without breaking me. In fact, you might even put me a little bit back together.

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#5. Keep in touch.
I suddenly realized how annoying that expression was. Like, Now it's your job to stay in contact with me. It said, I'm really just too lazy.
I started to write back, to keep in touch, but decided I'd be lazy as well.

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#6. That's the whole thing about grieving ... It's part of the deal: You get to be alive and to love, but in exchange you also have to put in some serious hurt time.

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#7. It was like how people find other people to be in love with, all random and accidental and lucky.

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#8. Laurel, I hope you find something like this, a little self-destructive habit you can turn to every once in a while, when you're tired of being good. It will keep you sane.

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#9. Sometimes my life here felt like a cage where I could never escape the pain. At other times it felt like the only firm ground on earth

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#10. Then I closed my eyes.
That was it. That was Before. Now here we go into After.

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#11. I'm taking it day by day. I liked saying this. It was honest, short, and seemed to satisfy people.

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#12. His hair was longer now, brushing the tops of his shoulders, and the weight of it made it hang straight and shiny. He'd lost more weight and gotten kind of tan. He looked about five years older.
And then there was me, dressed as sushi.

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#13. But if I can't change something, I don't waste energy on it.

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#14. I quickly imagined that I could reach my hand into my chest, yank out that awful feeling, place it on an invisibl ecloud of air right in front of me, then push it away. Push it away

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#15. It was true. I wasn't good with liking someone. my instinct was total self-preservation: show no sign of weakness. This was my pathetic way of being shy.

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#16. Now I lay facedown on the bed, sobbing for the woman
who once slept here not knowing that someday one of her
worst fears would come true

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#17. It seemed like the only way to keep breathing was to focus on the here and now, moment by moment, keeping my mind frozen cold to anything else.

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#18. I'm a little mad. He shouldn't have said whatever he said to make you so upset. But we should try not to judge people based on one instance.

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#19. I've found that letting something stay broken for a little while helps me understand it.

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#20. It was easier to be the victim, but it didn't feel so great.

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#21. The only thing I knew for sure at that moment was that David would be back.If I was gone when that happened, would he leave again? For good?
David, do you know that's a chance I can't take?

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#22. If you're going to do it, do it.

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#23. Everyone has a story. It's simply a question of finding it.

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