Going Too Far Quotes

“Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“And the rest is happily ever After.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Waiter, this is not the policeman I ordered. I wanted one with a lot less sauce.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“My knee radiated heat. As I watched him pull himself from the car and walk casually across the brightly lit parking lot, I thought dumb things. I will never wash my knee again. I will never wash these jeans again. I will cut the knee out of these jeans and sew a pillow to sleep on every night, just to have a molecule of him in my bed with me.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“You can't tell a seventeen-year-old anything. They think they're immortal. They don't listen. Seventeen-year-olds have to see it for themselves.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Consider yourself hugged. Virtual hug."

I felt the virtual hug, warm and snug.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Officer After leaned across the seat toward me - which, under the circumstances, made me start back. 'I'm sorry I'm not allowed to beat the shit out of him for you.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Yeah, I understood that last night at the wreck. Nothing says I love you like a dead body.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I am full of fear.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“All right," I said. "But from now on, every time you show me a dead body, I'm having sex with Eric.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I guess we both understood that our relationship was built entirely on witty repartee, and neither of us thought we could be witty on four hours of shut-eye.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I swear, Tiff, if my ass made good grades, you'd want to date my ass.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“What have we done to each other?”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Me?' I laughed. 'I'm guilty.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Friends my ass.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“His dark eyes challenged me. They were weapons that could hurt me. Here was the worst thing about them: I could tell that if Johnafter loved you, his dark eyes would be beautiful and friendly and warm. So every time he cut me down with a look that was cold and unfriendly and ugly, it was a double insult, a reminder of what I could never have. I found myself avoiding his dark eyes when I could.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I should have run away from you and started college and gone on without you. But I would always have regretted it if I didn't give this a shot.
- Tiffany”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“That's stupid. I said no because you don't love me.
- John”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Why are you pretending to write, when I already know you're just doing that to intimidate me?”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“He looked over at me. “Indigo,” he said. “Cyan”. He glanced at the road in front of him, glanced at me. He reached over and ran his fingers down one of the darkest strands in the back, where I’d used a little purple. “Violet.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I want to prevent it from happening.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“I gave my dad a thumbs-up.
He stared at me. My mom turned to him in the car, asking him, What? What is it? He kept staring at me. My brown hair was an even bigger shock for him than I'd expected.
I smiled and waved at him and mouthed, "Welcome home."
He put his hand to his eyes. He knew I was finally cured.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“That is the way convince people. Or change them and prevent them from hurting whether themselves and others. Art is the most effective form of communication.
You can use it to lift the human spirit and make them understand that there is more to life than their next drug use.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Boys are two years behind girls in maturity level.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Art is the most effective form of communication.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Nothing says "I love you" like a dead body”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“What do you write in those forms?” I asked.
“Nothing. I just do this to look threatening.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“Tiffany, this is Officer After, who arrested you. Officer After, this is Tiffany Hart, who doesn't remember you.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far

“No matter how careful you are"..."there's always going to be a mess, and you're going to have to clean it up afterward.”
― Jennifer Echols, Going Too Far