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> [“I had been born and mostly raised in the South, so I ought to have been able to find a way to reach him. Southern girls are trained from birth up that the way to a man's heart is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/i-had-been-born-and-mostly-raised-in-the-south-so-i-ought-to-have/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

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## Other authors on Southern Girls

## More by Joshilyn Jackson

> [“I wanted her note to say that I was a red hole dug out of the guts of her, a seeping wound that hadn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/i-wanted-her-note-to-say-that-i-was-a-red-hole-dug-out-of-the-guts-of/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“A whole and grown-­up person would go and simply tell him. I’m in love with you. A whole and grown-­up person would ask him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/a-whole-and-grown-up-person-would-go-and-simply-tell-him-i-m-in-love/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“Young men, romantics, call it love at first sight, but even then I understood it was only prettiness. Young men see pretty, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/young-men-romantics-call-it-love-at-first-sight-but-even-then-i/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“He was so beautiful. He wasn’t mine. I should run to the mountains now, and hide. I should run right into his arms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/he-was-so-beautiful-he-wasn-t-mine-i-should-run-to-the-mountains-now/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“Saying it it loud, she felt every inch of distance between them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/saying-it-it-loud-she-felt-every-inch-of-distance-between-them/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“You go to bed, too, and don’t fret, hear me? Things feel hard now, but it will pass. Everything passes, and something new comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/you-go-to-bed-too-and-don-t-fret-hear-me-things-feel-hard-now-but-it/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“William knows that science and magic are the same thing; magic is only science that hasn’t been explained yet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/william-knows-that-science-and-magic-are-the-same-thing-magic-is-only/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“He was treating me like something breakable, which is different from how you treat something you yourself have broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/he-was-treating-me-like-something-breakable-which-is-different-from/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“I wanted to show up. I wanted you to know, I will show up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/i-wanted-to-show-up-i-wanted-you-to-know-i-will-show-up/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“The playground song in my head went, First comes love, then comes hideous betrayal, then comes endless regret requiring expensive therapy. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/the-playground-song-in-my-head-went-first-comes-love-then-comes/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“I'd let him put his hand under my shirt, over the bra, where he kneaded with delighted disbelief at my booby. It had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/i-d-let-him-put-his-hand-under-my-shirt-over-the-bra-where-he-kneaded/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“You go to bed, too, and don’t fret, hear me? Things feel hard now, but it will pass. Everything passes, and something new comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/you-go-to-bed-too-and-don-t-fret-hear-me-things-feel-hard-now-but-it-2/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“This was another pretend, and here in a yard on a bench was his real wife, with sad, kind, tired eyes. The lesson of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/this-was-another-pretend-and-here-in-a-yard-on-a-bench-was-his-real/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [“Lavender and I have been living in a house of cards, while Smiley Daddy took us to Greece. He”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/lavender-and-i-have-been-living-in-a-house-of-cards-while-smiley/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

> [I would take today's joy, and tomorrow's. I would take it with both hands, anywhere it came.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshilyn-jackson/i-would-take-today-s-joy-and-tomorrow-s-i-would-take-it-with-both/)

[Joshilyn Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshilyn-jackson/)

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