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> [“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of someone I trusted, I never would have stopped. Where were all the adults?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/she-was-right-about-one-thing-i-did-need-a-caring-responsible-adult/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

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## More by Monica Holloway

> [“He manipulated love into something perverse, confusing me about what love is, causing me to sexualize friendships and relationships, teaching me without words that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/he-manipulated-love-into-something-perverse-confusing-me-about-what/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/that-night-my-heart-softened-around-wills-s-autism-clearly-katherine/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/i-ll-always-be-damaged-in-a-way-i-had-hoped-that-i-could-completely/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/that-night-joann-didn-t-want-to-leave-but-she-knew-she-had-to-go-she/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“I wished there had been obvious signs of destruction on all of us kids: bruises or burn marks, something that indicated how violent our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/i-wished-there-had-been-obvious-signs-of-destruction-on-all-of-us/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/this-sent-me-into-an-inappropriate-laughing-fit-i-wasn-t-allowed-to/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/my-whole-life-i-wanted-to-be-dead-but-i-didn-t-actually-do-anything/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/she-was-right-about-one-thing-i-did-need-a-caring-responsible-adult/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/just-as-sarah-keeler-had-taught-me-that-children-die-wendy-taught-me/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“The truth was that in the end, sad felt better than rage - a lot better. But rage came easier. Sad felt like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/the-truth-was-that-in-the-end-sad-felt-better-than-rage-a-lot-better/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/would-i-ever-have-the-courage-to-tell-wills-the-truth-that-he-wasn-t/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“The world wasn't safe today. The truth was, this world was never safe. (19)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/the-world-wasn-t-safe-today-the-truth-was-this-world-was-never-safe-19/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“I was relieved in some weird way that the accident had actually occurred. It was a physical manifestation of what had already been going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/i-was-relieved-in-some-weird-way-that-the-accident-had-actually/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“As usual, there were no obvious signs. And it would be a secret that my boyfriend had punched me in the face and terrorized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/as-usual-there-were-no-obvious-signs-and-it-would-be-a-secret-that-my/)

[Monica Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-holloway/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-holloway/i-d-been-right-even-when-i-was-in-fourth-grade-and-saw-sarah-keeler/)

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