The Good Girl
Mary Kubica
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I know how betrayal and disillusionment feel, when someone who could give you the world refuses even a tiny piece of it.”
“The goal with teenagers is simply getting through it alive, with no permanent damage.”
“But he holds me so tightly that for a moment, the emotions are at bay. The sadness and fear, the regret and the loathing. He bottles them up inside his arms so that for a split second I don’t have to be the one carrying the weight of them. For this moment, the burden is his.”
“The Chicago winter is harsh. But every now and then God blesses us with a thirty-or forty-degree day to remind us that misery comes and goes.”
“Teenagers believe they’re invincible—nothing bad can happen. It isn’t until later that we realize that bad things do, in fact, happen.”
“We fall into oblivion this way, into a world where nothing matters. Nothing but us.”
“That I love her. That I’m sorry.”
“His arms wrap around me from behind, and my heart rhythm slows to a steady jog. His chin rests on the top of my head, and my breath comes back to me, oxygen filling my lungs.”
“But mostly I think of the things I didn’t do.”
“She says that the sky was the color of persimmon and sangria, shades of red only God could make.”
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