Quotes from Jennifer Niven

Besides, I kind of like my face intact like this, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, a full set of teeth, which, if I'm being honest, is one of my better features.

Be the person I'm meant to be and have that be enough.

On Tuesday, I say to hell with it and meet her outside every one of her classes so I can walk her to the next. This sometimes means running from one end of the building to the other, but it's worth every step.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery—always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

My mouth is an inch from hers, and I wait for her to slap me or push me away, but then she closes her eyes, and that's when I know—I'm in. Okay

Like everything else that doesn't last, today is gone now, but it was a pretty good day.

My mama's purpose had been to love and to be loved.

I'm sure you've read For Whom The Bell Tolls. Well, Robert Jordan knows he's going to die. 'There is only now,' he says, 'and if now is only two days, then two days is your life and everything in it will be in proportion.' None of us know how long we have, maybe another month, maybe another fifty years – I like living as if I have that two days.

Hope you're keeping the dust out of your eyes and your feet off the ground.

Written on the wall behind them was: 'Blues for the body, food for the soul.

At times such as this, it becomes more important for art to survive.

We can't always see what others don't want us too. Especially when they go to great lengths to hide it.

You are a survivor, and as that unwelcome designation implies, your survival - your emotional survival - will depend on how well you learn to cope with your tragedy. The bad new: Surviving this will be the second worst experience of your life. The good news: The worst is already over.

Éste es mi secreto: en cualquier momento saldré volando y huiré de aquí.

Writing was what I did best, better than being a daughter or girlfriend or sister. Writing was me.

I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it.

Maybe it was just me imagining, me in overdrive for a girl I barely know, all because she's the first person I've met who seems to speak my language. A few words of it anyway.

Do I feel I should be punished? Yes. Why else would I have given myself bangs?

Tem certeza? É o ponto mais alto de Indiana. — Tenho certeza. É agora ou nunca, mas preciso saber se você vem comigo.

My whole life I've run either three times faster than everyone else or three times slower.

You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

I'm not a shitty person, but I'm about to do a shitty thing. and you will hate me, and some other people will hate me, but I'm going to do it anyway to protect you and also myself.

Have you ever done something you regretted?' 'Does last year's school picture counts?

Stop being afraid. Stop thinking too much.Fill the holes left behind. Drive again. Write. Breathe.