Jessica

“He’s looking at me in that way of his that should be illegal or patented, and it’s affecting my ability to remember things like my name and species and all the reasons a girl might go on a boy strike.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“I know from doing portraits that you have to look at someone a really long time to see what they're covering up, to see their inside face, and when you do see it, and get it down, that's the thing that makes people freak out about how much a drawing looks like them.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“The sky's always falling. Always. You'll see. People have no idea.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“What if there was a time when I was going through hell too, but I didn't have the courage to keep going? So I just stopped. Pressed pause. What if I'm still on pause?”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun