A Welcome Reunion Quotes

“Could a child be born bad? And if so—if there really was such a thing as a bad seed—could you turn them good?”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Snipping off your own earlobe first so no one would suspect you of hurting your roommate was cunning.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“She stared at her hands clasped on the knife, and a wicked grin slowly covered her face. Pain—even her own—excited her.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“That only meant one thing—she’d been in my house.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“And there it was. In black and white, the scrawled signature: Christopher Bauer.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Because for people like Janie, age didn’t make them better. It only made them better at not getting caught.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“She’d definitely taken her power back, and there was nothing I loved more than a woman who’d confidently stepped into her own power.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Apparently, her favorite thing to do is glue their eyes shut while they’re sleeping.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“They threw me away like a broken toy they didn’t want to take the time to fix.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“That’s very Gone Girl of you,”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“He was so young when all of it when down, and he had no recollection of her.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Parents don’t tell their kids every piece of their history.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“The ones where I describe being a sociopath?” She popped her lips out. Smoothed her ponytail.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Is that why you hurt your roommate at New Horizons Correctional Facility?”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“She kept gasping for air like a fish coming up to the surface to breathe, and all I could do was stare at her while she struggled.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“The blood spread, staining her shirt and the front of her pants. It looked like she’d peed them in blood.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“Janie didn’t just tug at your heartstrings—she pulled them straight out.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“I guess if I had to sum it up in one sentence, I’d say it’s a book about hope and redemption, yes. That everyone deserves a second chance, no matter what they’ve done.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“there was nothing I loved more than a woman who’d confidently stepped into her own power.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“some way. We were trying to keep you safe.” “Hurting me?” Rage filled his face. Lips tight with fury. “She’s the only one who understands me.” What had she done? What”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“You have to understand what it was like for me. To be told you were going to be loved unconditionally, finally, after all those years of being mistreated? Well, that was like my dream come true. It was everything I’d wished for, and believe me”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“We were the last generation to grow up without the internet in our home while we were kids, where we didn’t stream our lives 24-7. The evolution of technology we’d seen play out over the last century was astounding.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“I stared at him, sitting across from me at the kitchen table. We’d had so many discussions right here over the years. In the exact same chairs, because of the unwritten household rule that once you picked a spot, it was yours forever. Somehow, despite everything we’d been through, we were still together.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“The conditions of his plea bargain were that he have no contact with her, and he wouldn’t risk it. Not after how hard he’d worked to keep his medical license after the trial.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion

“My whole life I wanted a brother or a sister. My whole life. I never said anything to you guys about it because I didn’t want you to feel bad, and you were always trying so hard to be okay with having an only child.”
― Lucinda Berry, A Welcome Reunion