Jennifer Mathieu Quotes & Sayings

How much did it hurt? It was like a million paper cuts on my heart. — Jennifer Mathieu

Alice smiled her wide smile. The crooked incisor smile. — Jennifer Mathieu

Denying your faith in the Lord was the ultimate no-no — Jennifer Mathieu

That was back when all of us were students at Jefferson Elementary, and our quirks and strange rough edges hadn't fully formed yet — Jennifer Mathieu

Brandon was like a God in Healy, and I guess I was like God's best friend. — Jennifer Mathieu

Her letters were bubbly and girlish. Her handwriting made her seem happier than she actually was. — Jennifer Mathieu

There is one thing I've learned about people: they don't get that mean and nasty overnight. It's not human nature. But if you give people enough time, eventually they'll do the most heartbreaking stuff in the world. — Jennifer Mathieu

You know how there's this whole world that exists only to teenagers, and adults never know what's going on there? — Jennifer Mathieu

I see no need in taking part in forced adolescent social rituals that would do nothing but stir up emotions of dread for all involved. — Jennifer Mathieu

There are some things, like your eighth grade boyfriend kissing some other girl at a middle school dance, that are easy to forgive. And there are some things that are just unforgivable. — Jennifer Mathieu

I've missed you, too," I say. "And I've missed your vocabulary." "Tremendously?" he says, smiling. — Jennifer Mathieu

It's like when we read The Diary of Anne Frank in seventh grade, and I had the sneaking suspicion that I would have been a Nazi back then because I wouldn't have had the guts to be anything else. Because I would have been too scared to not go along with the majority. Like, I would have been a passive sort of Nazi, but I still would have been a Nazi. I never said anything out loud, of course, but I remember reading that book in Ms. Peterson's class and everyone was all, "Oh, I would've helped Anne. I would have rebelled. I don't understand how people could have allowed this to happen, blah blah blah." I mean, — Jennifer Mathieu