Jenny Valentine Quotes

#1. I thought about having a proper room,
breathing life into it, and nobody minding.

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#2. But Wishing is addictive.

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#3. What are you afraid of," she said. "Daylight?"
No. I'm afraid of you. I'm afraid of myself, of whatever it is I'm going to do or say to make it all go wrong. I'm desperately trying to avoid that moment and walking straight toward it, all at the same time.
"I'm just tired," I said.

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#4. Everything is going to be fine.
I hate it when people say that, people who have absolutely no idea of what's coming next. They turn you into an idiot for even asking.

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#5. Even when you'd lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.

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#6. It's not knowing that drives you mad. It's imaging things that you wish you couldn't think up all by yourself.

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#7. I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose.
And I chose those two. I think that's what you'd call a silver lining.

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#8. I smiled back and I thought
how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn't always see it.

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#9. It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close.

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#10. It's amazing what storms your face can hide, what terrible wrecks can writhe and heave beneath, without one ripple on the surface.

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