“He sat on the edge of my bed. He didn't say anything at first, just stared at my toenails. I curled them… — Jennifer Brown Hot pink Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, in my world where parents hated one another and school was a battleground, it sucked to be me.” — Jennifer Brown Adolescent-angst Copy Share Image
“Because who you are is supposed to be the easiest question in the world answer, right?” — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“I didn't care. I didn't care about anything anymore. What did it matter? What did anything matter now? I was alone. I… — Jennifer Brown Family Copy Share Image
“I sat back and looked at it. It was ugly, dark, uncontrolled. Like a monster's face. Or maybe what I saw there… — Jennifer Brown Evil Copy Share Image
“In a way, Nick had been right: We all got to be winners sometimes. But what he didn't understand was that we… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“She's probably afraid you'll turn out like her and be married to someone you can't stand.” — Jennifer Brown Fear Copy Share Image
“But it was too much. All of it was too much. I didn't know what I was feeling, but I knew I… — Jennifer Brown Time Copy Share Image
“It'd felt good to be part of an "us," with the same thoughts, the same feelings, the same miseries.” — Jennifer Brown Misery Copy Share Image
“People talked. Let them talk. Nothing I could do to stop them. They knew the thousand words, but they didn't know the… — Jennifer Brown Thousand words Copy Share Image
“I realized that the worst part of someone you love dying suddenly isn't the saying good-bye part. It's the part where you… — Jennifer Brown Second chances Copy Share Image
“Growing up, we were taught over and over again what steps to take in case of an approaching tornado. Listen for sirens,… — Jennifer Brown Natural disasters Copy Share Image
“I couldn't make my pencil scratch out the lines of Britni/Brenna's face. Couldn't make it curve into the contours of Dad's guilty… — Jennifer Brown Ball game Copy Share Image
“It's okay for someone to let you win sometimes, you know,' he said, getting all serious. 'We don't always have to be… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“We all got to be winners sometimes. But what he didn’t understand was that we all had to be losers, too. Because… — Jennifer Brown Learning Copy Share Image
