First time Quote by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“She made me act normal. Because I was. Because I could. She told me to breathe and sit up. And”

— E. Lockhart

“I willed her to open up. To be honest with me about her feelings. To give me the chance to prove to her that…

— Devney Perry

“Normal. She wanted normal and so did I.”

— Katie McGarry

“She was completely inside herself, and I realized I'd never seem her that way- unknowable and unknown. Exactly the way I felt. It seemed…

— Scott Hutchins

“I was never normal, but I liked to pretend that I was. It usually took a few months before everyone else caught on.”

— Mara Purnhagen

“She felt funny, strange, making up lies as quickly and smoothly as if she’d been doing it all her life.”

— Cynthia Voigt

“I often think, why did I let her in? Didn't I know she was bad? And I did, of course I did, but I…

— Kathryn Wesley

“It was only later that she would remember that the truth did not always set you free. And that you had to be careful…

— Wendy Wax

“She had this uncanny sense of seeing things the way they were instead of the way you'd want them to be, of knowing me…

— Mike Gayle

“I treated her like she belonged to me, even though I wouldn’t have her and I wouldn’t let her have me, either.”

— Robin York

“ Story of my life , she thought miserably. She was never willing to put herself out there.”

— Kimberly Derting

“I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person.”

— Lysa TerKeurst