“I thought everything I knew about you might have been a lie, but since meeting him and your parents, I've realized that the parts of you I knew weren't untrue; they were only part-truths. There were lots of things about… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“Because the truth was, and we both knew it, he'd gone long, long ago. I'd just made him stick around when he really wanted to be somewhere else. In his own weird way, he was another victim of the shooting,… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I've been thinking a lot about the word "everything." Whenever something horrible happens, you hear people say they "lost everything." They lost their house… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I couldn't make myself imagine Dad holding some creamy-faced baby, cooing at it, telling it he loved it. Taking it to baseball games. Living… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“Why are you so determined to make me out to be the bad guy all the time?” I stared at the side of his… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I didn't say anything at all, because somehow saying nothing seemed more humane than giving him all these reassurances.” — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“...But would that be enough? Because at the moment it felt like it could never be enough. People needed more than a place to… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I thought everything I knew about you might have been a lie, but since meeting him and your parents, I've realized that the parts… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I don’t know if it’s possible to take hate away from people. Not even people like us, who’ve seen firsthand what hate can do.… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“Just concentrate on being in the moment”, he said. “Don’t read into things. See what’s really there ok?” — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I understand that it would be easier for you to think of him as a hero. But, Valerie, he did kill a lot of… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“It was one of the constants of life. You are born, you die, you stand up when the bus doors open.” — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
