Jessica

“If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“So what? You act all mysterious to seem more interesting?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You’re always wandering off or running away,” he said. “But you’re a lot more
interesting when you’re just being yourself you know. When you’re actually here.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Emma said coldly. “Where else would I be?”

“You know what I mean,” he said, a rough edge to his voice. “It’s like you’re so busy trying not to act like your family that you’ve never even stopped to consider that it might not be such a bad thing.”

“Well what about you?” she shot back, aware of the bitterness in her words.
“You complain about your dad not wanting you around, and then you complain when he wants you to stay home for school. You can’t have it both wars.”

“Well neither can you,” he said. “ You can’t keep everyone at arms length and then expect them to be there for you when you need them.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, You Are Here

“Riley’s smile saturated her entire face with beauty. This was the sister Maisy had left all those years ago. The sister with the full laugh and the face of an angel who was unaware of her beauty. Gone was the sister who pulled her hair back into a baseball cap.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Driftwood Summer

“Riley sensed the shift before it actually happened: Mack turning his smile, his focus on Maisy. She felt the desperate desire to rewind time, to undo the act of Maisy running toward them. Even before the change occurred, Riley knew that it would happen eventually, so why not now? Riley was bland gray compared to Maisy’s radiant light.”
― Patti Callahan Henry, Driftwood Summer