“I close the doors and yank off my sweater, and she pulls off her shirt, and I say, “You are driving me… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“Finch swims toward shore and comes walking toward me. I try not to stare at him, dripping wet and naked, so I… — Jennifer Niven Finch Copy Share Image
“By the way? For what it's worth, you showed me something, Ultraviolet— there is such a thing as a Ariana Grande day.” — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“I can’t think of anything more depressing than to be an Egyptian high priest on display next to a set of vintage… — Jennifer Niven Depressing Copy Share Image
“I can already feel myself falling hard, something I've been down to do. All because she smiled at me.” — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“Velva Jean, sometimes dreams change, either because they have to or because life has something else in mind for you.” — Jennifer Niven Change Copy Share Image
“But if a human was to avoid all life-threatening diseases and infections and accidents, he—or she—should live to be a hundred and… — Jennifer Niven Life Copy Share Image
“Your hope lies in accepting your life as it now lies before you, forever changed. If you can do that, the peace… — Jennifer Niven Accepting life Copy Share Image
I remember running down a road on my way to a nursery of flowers. I remember her smile and her laugh when… — Jennifer Niven Best self Copy Share Image
“If there was one thing I'd learned, it was that you were responsible for your own ship. You had to look after… — Jennifer Niven Pilot Copy Share Image
“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count. Everyone’s so busy waiting… — Jennifer Niven Small things Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to hear about the cardinal again. Because the thing of it is, that cardinal was dead either way, whether… — Jennifer Niven Love Copy Share Image
“me—everything might just explode. I keep my eyes on the road. “You know what I like about you, Ultraviolet Remarkey-able? Everything.” “But… — Jennifer Niven Eyes Copy Share Image
I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“I expect some fast reply, something flirty and flip, but instead he doesn't look up, just reaches for my hand and keeps… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“When you're looking back, you can't look forward. And sometimes you run smack into something and hit your head.” — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“Just promise me you won't be one of those couples that stays together for the children, That only screws people up, including… — Jennifer Niven Children Copy Share Image
I looked at my reflection in the rearview mirror. Some lipstick would go with this truck, I thought. — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“Better to keep the unhappy, mad, bad, unpleasant words separate, where you can watch them and make sure they don't surprise you… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you got to just feel, especially when it comes to music. Notes, scales, they just get in the way.” — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“The sun was catching his hair and lighting him up from the outside, and love was lighting him up from the inside.” — Jennifer Niven Love Copy Share Image
“I know life well enough to know you can't count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you… — Jennifer Niven Life Copy Share Image
“I’m five minutes late to Russian literature, where Mrs. Mahone and her wig assign us a ten-page paper on The Brothers Karamazov.” — Jennifer Niven Books Copy Share Image
“I wonder, if I count backward, whether I can go back and take Violet Markey with me and then move forward with… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“I want you to know I am rooting for you. Sometimes you need to hear that, even from a stranger.” — Jennifer Niven Stranger Copy Share Image
Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone. — Jennifer Niven Books Copy Share Image
“My mouth is an inch from hers, and I wait for her to slap me or push me away, but then she… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“We tread water, looking at each other, and suddenly there’s not enough water in the world to clean away my dirty thoughts.… — Jennifer Niven Dirty thoughts Copy Share Image
“The problem with people is that they forget that, most of the time, it's the small things that count.” — Jennifer Niven Small things Copy Share Image
“Who cares for Algebra? Who delights in solving math? I only want to live my life Along the creative path.” — Jennifer Niven Algebra Copy Share Image
“I realized that as bad as it is not to know, the not knowing is something too. You can still do something… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“I have songs to write and songs to sing and planes to fly and I want to see my old yellow truck… — Jennifer Niven Purpose of life Copy Share Image
“It's okay to be a person. We're all afraid. We all get hurt. It's okay to hurt. You'd be so much more… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“I'm not a shitty person, but I'm about to do a shitty thing. and you will hate me, and some other people… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
“We tread water, looking at each other, and suddenly there's not enough water in the world to clean away my dirt thoughts.” — Jennifer Niven Dirt Copy Share Image
“And to the boy I loved who died too soon, but who left me a song. And in two weeks we'll fly… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge… — Jennifer Niven Camels Copy Share Image
“As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.” — Jennifer Niven Adventure Copy Share Image
“You can't always be fine. No one's always fine. And I know you're used to being on your own, and I know… — Jennifer Niven Friend Copy Share Image
