“Anyone who’s had something truly crappy happen to them will tell you: It’s all about Before and After. What I’m talking about here is the ka-pow, shake-you-to-your-core-and-turn-your-bones-to-plastic kind of crappy.” — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“Keep in touch. I suddenly realized how annoying that expression was. Like, Now it's your job to stay in contact with me. It said,… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“I'm a little mad. He shouldn't have said whatever he said to make you so upset. But we should try not to judge people… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“I sat parked for a while in the parent pickup lot, watching a bunch of little kids run relays up and down the field.… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“It was true. I wasn't good with liking someone. my instinct was total self-preservation: show no sign of weakness. This was my pathetic way… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“Now I lay facedown on the bed, sobbing for the woman who once slept here not knowing that someday one of her worst fears… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“His hair was longer now, brushing the tops of his shoulders, and the weight of it made it hang straight and shiny. He’d lost… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes my life here felt like a cage where I could never escape the pain. At other times it felt like the only firm… — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“But even if that were true, I was working hard. I didn’t know how not to.” — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“I'm taking it day by day." I liked saying this. It was honest, short, and seemed to satisfy people.” — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
“It was like how people find other people to be in love with, all random and accidental and lucky.” — Jennifer Castle Copy Share Image
