Jennifer Mathieu Quotes

#1. There is one thing I've learned about people: they don't get that mean and nasty overnight. It's not human nature. But if you give people enough time, eventually they'll do the most heartbreaking stuff in the world.

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#2. How much did it hurt? It was like a million paper cuts on my heart.

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#3. Her letters were bubbly and girlish. Her handwriting made her seem happier than she actually was.

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#4. I've missed you, too," I say. "And I've missed your vocabulary." "Tremendously?" he says, smiling.

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#5. Brandon was like a God in Healy, and I guess I was like God's best friend.

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#6. You know how there's this whole world that exists only to teenagers, and adults never know what's going on there?

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#7. That was back when all of us were students at Jefferson Elementary, and our quirks and strange rough edges hadn't fully formed yet

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#8. Alice smiled her wide smile. The crooked incisor smile.

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#9. I see no need in taking part in forced adolescent social rituals that would do nothing but stir up emotions of dread for all involved.

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#10. Denying your faith in the Lord was the ultimate no-no

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#11. There are some things, like your eighth grade boyfriend kissing some other girl at a middle school dance, that are easy to forgive. And there are some things that are just unforgivable.

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