01c. 1972 ADYou were right the first time, Cathy. It was a stupid, silly story.Ridiculous! Only insane people would die for the sake of love. I'llbet you a hundred to one a woman wrote that junky romantic trash!"Just a minute ago I'd despised that author for bringing about such amiserable ending, then there I went, rushing to the defense. "T. M.Ellis could very well have been a man! Though I doubt any woman writerin the nineteenth century had much chance of being published, unlessshe used her initials, or a man's name. And why is it all men thinkeverything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain sillydrivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of findingthe perfect love? And it seems to me, that Raymond was far moremushy-minded than Lily!V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
02c. 1972 ADIt's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much. For a long time, you think this is just something adults still do after being kids - pretend. Then one day you wake up and realize most of the world you're in is built on someone's make-believe.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
03c. 1972 ADWhatever doesn't destroy you, makes you stronger. Hardships have a way of toughening us, if they don't kill us.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
04c. 1972 ADAll right, Chris, you've given me a breather. I'm prepared foranything.And thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for youhaven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself." I kissed him quickly onthe lips, and told him to go on, to hit me with his knockout blow."Really, Chris, I know you must have something perfectly awful to tellme-so out with it. Keep holding me as you tell me, and I can standanything you have to say.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
06c. 1972 ADAfter it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
09c. 1972 ADWe had been separated by time and distance and events so long, it was as if we had to get to know each other again, but if it was possible to fall in love with the same person twice, I did.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
10c. 1972 ADCathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us downagain.Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we aredoomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of findingperfection. Then, expecting only a small share of happiness, we won'tbe disappointed.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
11c. 1972 ADThe mountain trees that grew between the pines were a brilliant blaze of fall colors, like fire against the emerald green of the pines, firs and pruces. And it was, as I'd told myself long ago, the year's last passionate love affair before it grew old and died from the frosty bite of winter.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
12c. 1972 AD-just on the verge ofbecoming a woman, and in these three years and almost five months, I'dreached maturity. I was older than the mountains outside. The wisdomof the attic was in my bones, etched on my brain, part of my flesh.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
13c. 1972 ADBeauty thinks it needs no talent and can feed on itself, so it soon dies.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
15c. 1972 ADChris was in the rocker, fully clothed, and was strumming idly onCory's guitar. "Dance, ballerina, dance," he softly chanted, and hissinging voice wasn't bad at all. Maybe we could work as musicians---atrio -if Carrie ever recovered enough to want a voice again.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
16c. 1972 ADIf a little hill of happiness would satisfy Chris, good for him. Butafter all these years of striving, hoping, dreaming, longing-I wanted amountain high! A hill wasn't enough.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
17c. 1972 ADYou are an intriguing combination, half child, half seductress, half angel.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
18c. 1972 ADAnd thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for you haven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
19c. 1972 ADBeing rich and coming from a distinguished family background doesn't guarantee happiness, Abby. In fact, it might make happiness harder to find because you have to live up to akk that expectation.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
20c. 1972 ADMaybe that was what millions could do-- nail a satisfied smirk to one's face.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
21c. 1972 ADThat's the way all life's battles are won.. You don't look at the overall picture. You take one step, then another, and another... until you arrive at your destination.V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
22c. 1972 AD...I'm a fool. I expect too much, then I'm angry because nothing ever works out the way I want. When I was young and full of hopes and aspirations, I didn't know I would get hurt so often. I think I'll get tough and won't ache again, then my fragile shell shatters, and again, symbolically, my blood is spilled with the tears I shed. I pull myself back together again, go on, convince myself there is a reason for everything, and at some point in my life it will be disclosed. And when I have what I want, I hope to god it stays long enough to let me know I have it, and it wont hurt when it goes, for I don't expect it to stay, not now. I'm like a doughnut, always being punch out in the middle, and constantly I go around searching for the missing piece, and on and on it goes, never ending, only beginning...V.C. Andrews / quote ↗
