Janet Fitch: Herring

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“Whenever she turned her steep focus to me, I felt the warmth that flowers must feel when they bloom through the snow, under the first concentrated rays of the sun.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.”

Source: Paint it Black

“Now I wish she'd never broken any of her rules. I understood why she held to them so hard. Once you broke the first one, they all broke, one by one, like firecrackers exploding in your face in a parking lot on the Fourth of July.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Her hatred glittered irresistibly. I could see it, the jewel, it was sapphire, it was the cold lakes of Norway.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Kindness was the last thing she needed. She had to stay in the icy place, the numb place, and their warmth threatened to melt her just when she needed the cold.”

Source: Paint it Black

“She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how.”

Source: Paint it Black

“I wanted to tell her not to entertain despair like this. Despaire wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy."
-white oleander”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“She's never where she is,' I said. 'She's only inside her head.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Variant: She’s never where she is,' I said. 'She’s only inside her head.
Source: White Oleander