All the Beautiful Girls Quotes

“Years later, she would spend countless hours looking at all the photos from that time, marveling at how young she was, how slim, how unlined her face, how luxurious her hair. She thought, when you're older, looking at your younger self is like looking at a promise you couldn't keep.”
― Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

“Emerson’s Nature: “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair”
― Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

“It was June 9, 1967, exactly ten years since her family had dissolved like sugar stirred into iced tea. Lily”
― Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

“I am determined – so thoroughly determined – to see the beauty of life, to give it the power to overcome everything else.”
― Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls

“You can't let what's happened make you a victim. People will want to see you that way; they'll say, Oh, that poor little girl. She's so pathetic. Let's just let her get away with anything and everything.' But I don't want for you to live your life trading on being a victim. I will not let that happen. You have to face life, head on.”
― Elizabeth J. Church, All the Beautiful Girls