The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Quotes

“Zoe wouldn’t have minded her sister getting her little fan club. She would have, in fact, been happy to cede the attention of every fat girl in the world to her sister.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“Zoe watched the girl edging closer and closer toward the stage as the set had gone on, like she’d been hypnotized by Cassie’s singing, like Cassie had called to her, summoning her in a register only other fat girls could hear.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

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― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“when you hurt someone’s feelings, it’s the same as if you broke their leg. It’s even worse, because it takes longer to heal. Sometimes, it never does.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“I saw you And I knew You were my heart’s desire My first clue That we two Could set the world on fire You were so high, you’d never know You on your throne, me down below You looked, but you could never see That what you needed, it was me No, you can’t see In all of the darkness I saw you so clear Look at me I’m right here. Yeah, I’m right here.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“You’re a gift You’re my present You’re the rip in my heart You’re a star You’re a scar And you tore me apart And I know Even so If you come back, I won’t say no . . . And every day I’m learning That there is no returning”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“Cassie had done her best to make a life where she saw, and spoke to, as few people as possible. She’d had enough of people; enough of attention, enough of the world.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

“She wanted to explain, to tell Cherry that she was a tool, built for only one purpose. She could sing, could write songs and perform them. Asking her to do anything else, like actively participate in her own love life, or have difficult conversations with family members or bandmates, was like asking a spoon to take someone’s temperature, or thinking a hammer could iron your dress. Cassie Grossberg-turned-Griffin wasn’t built to do those things. And the person she’d once depended upon, the one person who’d helped her through the hostile, puzzling world, had become her adversary. Her romantic rival. Somehow, that was a thing that was true.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits