Velva Jean Learns to Drive Quotes

“For the most part, the people are the same. Everyone wants something to believe in. Everyone wants someone to love.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“The sun was catching his hair and lighting him up from the outside, and love was lighting him up from the inside.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“Sometimes you got to just feel, especially when it comes to music. Notes, scales, they just get in the way.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“My mama's purpose had been to love and to be loved.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“I looked at my reflection in the rearview mirror. Some lipstick would go with this truck, I thought.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“I prayed maybe he hadn't seen me after all, that maybe he'd taken off after a sinner or a squirrel, instead.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“Right before my eyes, I could see my life going away from me and there was nothing I could do.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive

“I could just step off. It would be over in seconds. No more "Theodore Freak". No more hurt. No more anything.”
― Jennifer Niven, Velva Jean Learns to Drive