Laughter Quote by Monica Holloway

“He manipulated love into something perverse, confusing me about what love is, causing me to sexualize friendships and relationships, teaching me without words that…

— Monica Holloway

“That night, my heart softened around Wills's autism. Clearly, Katherine had been right. I couldn't isolate him. As painful as it was to watch…

— Monica Holloway

“I'll always be damaged in a way. I had hoped that I could completely heal those cracks, but I'm starting to think the real…

— Monica Holloway

“That night, JoAnn didn't want to leave, but she knew she had to go. She understood, in that quiet hour, things that only people…

— Monica Holloway

“I wished there had been obvious signs of destruction on all of us kids: bruises or burn marks, something that indicated how violent our…

— Monica Holloway

“My whole life, I wanted to be dead, but I didn't actually do anything about it. I guess I didn't want to be dead;…

— Monica Holloway

“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of…

— Monica Holloway

“Just as Sarah Keeler had taught me that children die, Wendy taught me that you don't have to wade through the insanity; you can…

— Monica Holloway

“The truth was that in the end, sad felt better than rage - a lot better. But rage came easier. Sad felt like the…

— Monica Holloway

“Would I ever have the courage to tell Wills the truth? That he wasn't just imagining the world was a more difficult place for…

— Monica Holloway

“The world wasn't safe today. The truth was, this world was never safe. (19)”

— Monica Holloway

“I was relieved in some weird way that the accident had actually occurred. It was a physical manifestation of what had already been going…

— Monica Holloway