Janet Fitch quotes - page 3

Her hatred glittered irresistibly. I could see it, the jewel, it was sapphire, it was the cold lakes of Norway. (Janet Fitch)
One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright. View quote
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Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold. View quote
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She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how. View quote
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She laughed so easily when she was happy. But also when she was sad. View quote
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I wanted to tell her not to entertain despair like this. Despaire wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy." -white oleander. View quote
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A womans mistakes are different from a girls. View quote
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Although she was giddy with exhaustion, sleep was a lover who refused to be touched.... View quote
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What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest? View quote
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She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want. View quote
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I felt like an undeveloped photograph that he was printing, my image rising to the surface under his gaze. (Janet Fitch)
Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain. View quote
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You paid for every second of beauty you managed to steal. View quote
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I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests at a wonderful party, whispering to each other. View quote
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Love is a check, that can be forged, that can be cashed. Love is a payment that comes due. View quote
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I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. View quote
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echo, the death of a sound that had nowhere to go but to come back. View quote
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These people picked you up and played with you and then left you lying in the rain. View quote
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Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky. View quote
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here, here is my dark world. you carry it for a change. im out. View quote
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We received our colouring from the Norsemen, hairy savages who hacked their gods to pieces and hung the flesh from trees. We are the ones who sacked Rome. Fear only feeble old age and death in bed. Don't forget who you are. (Janet Fitch)
What can she possibly teach you, twenty seven names for tears? View quote
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He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them. View quote
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I felt beautiful but also interrupted. I wasn't used to being so complicated. View quote
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like a kid kicked out of class. humiliated and free. View quote
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