“The hitting was easy compared to the words. The hitting happened only infrequently but the words happened every day. I knew he was wrong, knew he was inexcusable. But still, the words were the worst part.” — jillian lauren Copy Share Image
“And even if it wasn't Madison, it had been hundreds of others and probably hundreds more. That's what happens to your eyes when you… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“The hitting was easy compared to the words. The hitting happened only infrequently but the words happened every day. I knew he was wrong,… — jillian lauren Copy Share Image
“Before that experience, I had often felt the kind of alone that comes from the suspicion that you are not only genetically different from… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“The air hangs thick with awkward static, like it usually does around the endless parade of therapists, social workers, and grief counselors. Does anyone… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“I'm too proud to admit that I was forgotten, even to the guy who did the forgetting.” — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“You have to be careful how you fake it, though, because things like that can stick and before you know it you become what… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“I was sure that if I could just scale this fortress I would reach a height with a sunny blue sky and fresh air.… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
Fall and I'll catch you. And that was all I'd ever wanted, someone to catch me. — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
“Dancing was another one of those choice I made that I didn't know until way later what it really meant.” — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
![“Before that experience, I had often felt the kind of alone that comes from the suspicion that you are not only genetically different from those around you, but different in your very soul...[then] I was a different kind of alone. I was alone and ashamed of myself...it was no one's fault but mine.” quote by Jillian Lauren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52d/jillian-lauren-24337_loneliness_before-that-experience-i-had-often-felt_735731.jpg)
