Jessica Goodman > Quotes

“We'd growl and snarl until a calm settled in, and after that, we could continue throughout the day, holding hands and skipping around the house, as if nothing had happened at all. As if that's just how sisters act. But it is, though. How sisters act. Brutal and tender and out for blood.”
― Jessica Goodman

“How can something so violent be my home.”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“even though going out for a jog can make you feel alive and whole and powerful, it also leave you vulnerable and alone. But we keep running anyway. Because we have no other choice. We run in spite of this. We run knowing the dangers, knowing who we are and why we could be targeted. But that won't stop us”
― Jessica Goodman

“You're just like me", she said softly in a maternal voice. "Scared. Young". My stomach sank. Those didn't sound like good things. "You'll survive, though", she continued. "We're the strong ones".”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“I made peace with the fact that I was tossed out of a world that I never really wanted to be in in the first place.”
― Jessica Goodman, The Counselors

“It's fucked," I said, though I wasn't sure what I was talking about- Shaila's death, Adams imminent departure or the idea that we're supposed to live and die all in the same life. Doesn't that seem like too much to bear?”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“What do we do now?" I asked, trying to silence the screams in my head.
"We go on" Adam said. "We keep going".
I nodded but I did not ask my next question. How?”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“It's Fucked, having to live and die in lifetime.”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us

“I kept my mouth shut but I knew what he meant. You girls. The
obsessive ones. The focused ones. The ones who have enough grit and
determination to break things and crush people and rip worlds apart. The
ones who call bullshit when things aren’t fair. The ones who speak up and
demand better. The ones who don’t fit into neat little boxes.”
― Jessica Goodman

“We’re not that fucking little”
― Jessica Goodman, They'll Never Catch Us

“His face lights up and when I stand, ready to go, he hugs me tight. He is now taller than me and his shoulders are bony where they were once soft. My baby brother is no longer a baby.”
― Jessica Goodman

“Because I can’t ignore one thing Kayla said. She’s right. Until someone is caught, everyone is a suspect.”
― Jessica Goodman, The Meadowbrook Murders

“They say only the good die young, but that’s just a stupid line in a song we used to sing. It isn’t real. It isn’t true. I know that because Shaila Arnold was so many things – brilliant and funny, confident and wild. But honestly? She wasn’t all that good.”
― Jessica Goodman

“But it is though. How sisters act. Brutal and tender and out for blood.”
― Jessica Goodman