More quotes by Janet Fitch, White Oleander

"And if there is no god?You act as if there is, and it's the same thing."
"I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season."
"Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them."
"What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?"
"Isn't it funny.I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than i ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you."