Janet Fitch Quotes

A collection of quotes by Janet Fitch.

Janet Fitch is an American author known for her critically acclaimed novel "White Oleander." Born in Los Angeles, California, Fitch began her writing career as a screenwriter and journalist before transitioning to fiction writing. Her debut novel, "White Oleander," published in 1999, became a bestseller and was later adapted into a film. Fitch has since published several other novels, including "Paint It Black" and "The Revolution of Marina M." Her works often explore themes of female identity, self-discovery, and the complexities of relationships.

Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale

Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.

Whenever she turned her steep focus to me, I felt the warmth

Whenever she turned her steep focus to me, I felt the warmth that flowers must feel when they bloom through the snow, under the first concentrated rays of the sun.

Love Snow Attention Sun

You must find a boy your own age. Someone mild and beautiful

You must find a boy your own age. Someone mild and beautiful to be your lover. Someone who will tremble for your touch...someone whoes fingers are a poem.

Age Love Beautiful Poem Touch Boy Mild

I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't

I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't dare.

Beauty Mother Dare

My hatred gives me strength.

My hatred gives me strength.

Hate

What was beauty unless you intended to use it, like a hammer

What was beauty unless you intended to use it, like a hammer, or a key? It was just something for other people to use and admire, or envy, despise. To nail their dreams onto like a picture hanger on a blank wall. And so many girls saying, use me, dream me.

Beauty

You know the mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, yo

You know the mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, you don't know whether you're going to jump.

Trust

It was only natural to want to destroy something you could n

It was only natural to want to destroy something you could never have.

Destruction

This is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking a

This is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking at a natural disaster.

Sadness

Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it

Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow.

Loneliness

I wish my life could be like that, knotted up so that even i

I wish my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldn't come apart.

Security