Living with Jackie Chan Quotes

“Saying good-bye to them was like saying good-bye to some people who used to know me when I was a little kid. Like saying good-bye to zombies. Good-bye to a memory. Good-bye to dust. The real good-bye happened a long, long time ago.”
― Jo Knowles, Living with Jackie Chan

“But am I doing well in life? Would she say that if she knew me well enough to be able to look at me and see beyond my mask? Isn't that what most mos do? Instead, I feel like she's looking at me for the first time. Maybe they both are. At this new me they think they see - hope they see. But I'm not new. I'm the same old me. Why can't they see that?”
― Jo Knowles, Living with Jackie Chan

“I know I shouldn't judge the guy by his name, or apparent lack of a sense of humor, but I can't help it. Something about the way Stella talked about him, like she had to convince me he's a good guy, felt strange. Why do girls do that? Why do they go out with guys they have to convince people - convince themselves - to like?”
― Jo Knowles, Living with Jackie Chan

“I stand here, looking at it. At my new life. No more people staring at me when I walk down the hall. No more whispers behind my back. No one knows me here. No one knows what happened. What I did. I just have to get through the year, get into college someplace far away, and leave for good.”
― Jo Knowles, Living with Jackie Chan