Pam Smy > Quotes

“She called me a funny little chick and told me I had to stand up for myself and that nothing bad lasts forever.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“I knew it was too good to last. She is back.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“What is it that stops an adult from sitting down and really saying, “How are things with you?” or “Is everything okay?” I suspect that they are afraid they might get a truthful answer and then they would have to do something, get involved. Or maybe they just can’t imagine anything unpleasant or nasty. Maybe they don’t want to think that something horrid can be happening to people they know.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“For a hundred years, every Thornhill girl has scratched her name into the brickwork, along with her best friend’s name, hundreds of pairs of names scraped into the red brick. All the other girls I have known at Thornhill are on that porch. Only my name is missing.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“Even the caregiver who is paid to care doesn't care, it seems.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“Can they not see what they are doing? Are they deliberately cruel or do they just not care? Or does it amount to the same thing?”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“Are they deliberately cruel or do they just not care? Or does it amount to the same thing?”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“I am surrounded by adults at school and at Thornhill, but none of them can really see what is happening. They don't want to know. I wonder why that is. What is it that stops an adult from sitting down and really saying, "How are things with you?" or "Is everything ok?" I suspect that they are afraid they might get a truthful answer and then they would have to do something, get involved.”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill

“Ze willen het niet zien. Ik vraag me af hoe dat komt. Wat maakt dat een volwassene niet bij je gaat zitten en doorvraagt: 'Hoe is het met je?' of 'Is alles wel goed?”
― Pam Smy, Thornhill