“Great loneliness, profound isolation, a cataclysmic, overpowering sense of being misunderstood. When does that kind of deep feeling just stop? Where does it go? At fifteen, the world ended over and over and over again. To be so young is… — Julie Buntin Copy Share Image
“What a nice thing to say," Mom said, standing up a little straighter, as if she'd been watered. Marlena's manners were unpracticed, but she… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Sometimes I wonder how I’d tell this if I didn’t have so many books rattling around inside me. The truth is both a vast… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“It took her years to come around, to see what I saw- that Liam was a man who would only leave if your forced… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“One of us fell easily asleep, a million days left except that particular one, forever almost over, an ending that happens again and again… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“I think it’s pretty common for teenagers to fantasize about dying young. We knew that time would force us into sacrifices—we wanted to flame… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Why do they say ghosts are cold? Mine are warm, a breath dampening your cheek, a voice when you thought you were alone.” — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Great loneliness, profound isolation, a cataclysmic, overpowering sense of being misunderstood. When does that kind of deep feeling just stop? Where does it go?… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Everyone has a secret life. But when you're a girl with a best friend, you think your secret life is something you can share.” — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Marlena's body was found on November 19, and so I consider that the anniversary of her death, though she almost certainly died on the… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Who can recognize the ending as it’s happening? What we live, it seems to me, is pretty much always a surprise.” — Julie Buntin Copy Share
“Why do I keep doing this? Making her out to be more than what she was, grander, omniscient even, lovely and unreal. She could… — Julie Buntin Copy Share
