“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Her suicide shook me deeply. It changed so much about how I view myself, the work I do with all of you.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“When the bell rings, and lunch is over, I decide to come back here tomorrow, and the next day. I tell myself… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“There are so many things that I want so badly to tell you but I just can't.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“My best friend is dead, and I could have saved her. It’s so wrong so completely and painfully wrong, that I walked… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
I want to tell you about everything but I can't because I couldn't stand for you to have that look on your… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“How it's so easy for her to not feel anything at all, to be just completely gone, to not be around to… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“I was so blinded by her talent that I didn't recognize the tremendous pain behind her work. She gave me hundreds of… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“I wish I knew why she never told me any of this. Maybe she thought I wouldn't be able to handle it,… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
I want to tell you about everything but I can't because I couldn't stand for you to have that look on your face all… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“I sleep through the next day. Each time I go to the bathroom, I try not to look in the mirror. Once, I catch… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“Crushes are supposed to be fun, aren't they? They definitely aren't supposed to be so torturous.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“Maybe it doesn't matter, maybe if we all force ourselves to act like we're okay even if we're not, eventually things will get better.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“I don't know if any of this would have happened if we had been at home... Would we have crammed ourselves into the bathroom… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“Whenever Ingrid and I got out of the suburbs, into Berkeley or San Francisco, and saw how other people lived, Ingrid would cry at… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“She [Ava] was never something waiting to be solved. All she is—all she’s ever been—is a person trying to live a life.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share
“My mom says Ingrid's name and I start to hum, not the melody to a song, just one drawn-out note. I know it makes… — Nina LaCour Copy Share
