The Girl in the Park Quotes

“Just for once, I want someone to want me more than anybody else. To put me first.”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“Wendy is still dead. I hadn't understood before: it really doesn't bring them back. Somehow, you think, despite what you know, it will be a trade. Find the person who did the wrong thing and they will suffer instead of the one who was killed. Instead, that person just suffers too.”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“My mom doesn't know what it's like to be less than perfect, how people zoom in on that until it's all they see. Maybe because it weirds them out...or maybe because it makes them feel better about themselves. People do pretty ugly things to make themselves feel better, this I do know.”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“Listening - It's an old-fashioned concept, I know".”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“But if I had not gone through that door, Nico Phelps would probably be in jail and Mr. Farrell would not be. And I would still think you can get through life safe and sound and pure- and actually have a life. I wouldn't know the only way not to make a mistake is to never do anything at all.”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“Down the hall is Ms Englander's classroom. She teachers World Civilization. Her walls are covered with images from the Bible, Greek Mythology, and fairy tales. Passing by, I see Eve at the tree, Pandora, Bluebeard's wife. All those women in stories opening boxes they're not supposed to, peeking through doors to see what they shouldn't, eating forbidden fruit. They do it because they want to know what's really going on. They want to feel alive. Why are they always told no?”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park

“Maybe in some alternate universe, she and Wendy are sitting and eating cookie dough. And laughing.”
― Mariah Fredericks, The Girl in the Park