“There are no parents, no lawyers. The girl’s father is unreachable, has been unreachable for years. Someone called the girl’s mother, but not until after Anna places herself at the scene where the body was found.”
Source: I Killed Zoe Spanos
“Martina Green: Today is Tuesday, February eleventh, and Zoe Spanos has been missing for six weeks to the day. Last Friday, the Herron Mills Village PD declared Zoe a runaway, and that’s why I’m here, talking to you. Because if you know Zoe, you know she didn’t run away.
Zoe Spanos is missing. And we’re missing Zoe”
Source: I Killed Zoe Spanos
“Aster Spanos: Maybe she has a whole new life, somewhere amazing. Like, Buenos Aires or Monte Carlo. Don’t get me wrong, I’d give her hell for doing this to us if she ever comes home. But consider the alternatives. If she didn’t run away...”
Source: I Killed Zoe Spanos
“Newsflash: you aren't your dad. And you should stop blaming everyone else for what he did. Yourself included.”
“People are funny. The longer you are around them, the more you start to realize that everyone makes the same motions over and over again. We all want to believe that every day is different, that every day we change, but really, it seems that certain things are coded into us from the very beginning”
Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes
“And time isn't constant. At least our human perception of time. Einstein theorized that the faster we move, the slower we perceive time to move. The clocks will still tick away at the same rate regardless - but it's all about the perception of the observer.
I guess pretty much everything in life is about the perception of the observer.”
Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes
“Evaluate your ways, and if you are going astray, pray and ask God to show you the right way.”
Source: The Daily Dose of Motivational Quotes
“My breath catches when I reach the last page, the drawing of me. The girl I'm staring at is not me, but she is me. Her large eyes are focused away from the viewer, but there's something in them I don't immediately recognize: hope. Her posture looks straighter than mine, like she's stronger, more resilient.”
Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes
“I need it [the sketch of me] to remind myself that I can be this girl, that this girl is inside of me. This hopeful, strong person.”
Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes
“I wonder if we feel those transformations, if we can sense our kinetic energy fizzling away into nothingness. I wonder if we hear it, if it sounds like the symphony or if it sounds like screaming.”
Source: My Heart and Other Black Holes