“That night, JoAnn didn't want to leave, but she knew she had to go. She understood, in that quiet hour, things that only people who've walked to the edge know. Dying seemed almost compassionate - a way to escape the… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“He manipulated love into something perverse, confusing me about what love is, causing me to sexualize friendships and relationships, teaching me without words that… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“That night, my heart softened around Wills's autism. Clearly, Katherine had been right. I couldn't isolate him. As painful as it was to watch… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“I'll always be damaged in a way. I had hoped that I could completely heal those cracks, but I'm starting to think the real… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“That night, JoAnn didn't want to leave, but she knew she had to go. She understood, in that quiet hour, things that only people… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“I wished there had been obvious signs of destruction on all of us kids: bruises or burn marks, something that indicated how violent our… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“This sent me into an inappropriate laughing fit. I wasn't allowed to get angry, and I couldn't cry, so I laughed - a lot. (114)” — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“My whole life, I wanted to be dead, but I didn't actually do anything about it. I guess I didn't want to be dead;… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“Just as Sarah Keeler had taught me that children die, Wendy taught me that you don't have to wade through the insanity; you can… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“The truth was that in the end, sad felt better than rage - a lot better. But rage came easier. Sad felt like the… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“Would I ever have the courage to tell Wills the truth? That he wasn't just imagining the world was a more difficult place for… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“The world wasn't safe today. The truth was, this world was never safe. (19)” — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“I was relieved in some weird way that the accident had actually occurred. It was a physical manifestation of what had already been going… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“As usual, there were no obvious signs. And it would be a secret that my boyfriend had punched me in the face and terrorized… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
“I'd been right, even when I was in fourth grade and saw Sarah Keeler lying in her coffin: When you're dead, no one can… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
