“What are you afraid of," she said. "Daylight?" No. I'm afraid of you. I'm afraid of myself, of whatever it is I'm going to do or say to make it all go wrong. I'm desperately trying to avoid that moment… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
What's wrong with the world Peter? God, I don't know. Where do you start? People give up. We're defeatists and we stop striving or… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
It's not knowing that drives you mad. It's imaging things that you wish you couldn't think up all by yourself. — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
“According to Grandad, being a vegetarian wasn't about just health or cruelty of money or flavor: it was about manners. He said that stealing… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
“What are you afraid of," she said. "Daylight?" No. I'm afraid of you. I'm afraid of myself, of whatever it is I'm going to… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
Everything is going to be fine.” I hate it when people say that, people who have absolutely no idea of what’s coming next. They… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free. — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
It's amazing what storms your face can hide, what terrible wrecks can writhe and heave beneath, without one ripple on the surface. — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
I smiled back and I thought how incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
“I cut off a piece of meatball dripping with sauce. I tried to make my face right. I tried to smile and not grimace,… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to lose it. I didn't have time to lie down in the corner shop and scream and beat the floor… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that’s what you’d… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn't always see it. — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
