I love the thrill of impending, weightless doom...

— Jennifer Niven

I meant what I said to Embryo about drugs. We don’t mix. What it comes down to for me is I have a hard enough time keeping control over my brain without something else getting in the way.

— Jennifer Niven

I'm not a vain person, but I am human...

— Jennifer Niven

I’m sorry about Finch. He was a good, screwed up kid who should have had more help.” “I feel responsible.

— Jennifer Niven

In 1912, a man named Franz Rachel jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing a parachute suit he designed himself. He jumped to test his invention--he expected to fly--but instead he fell straight down, hitting the ground like a meteor and leaving a 5.9-inch-deep crater from the impact. Did he mean to kill himself? Doubtful. I think he was just cocky, and also stupid.

— Jennifer Niven

In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too.

— Jennifer Niven

In those moments, none of it matters. It’s like that stuff is happening to someone else because all you feel is dark inside, and that darkness just kind of takes over. You don’t even really think about what might happen to the people you leave behind, because all you can think about is yourself.

— Jennifer Niven

I run until time stops. Until my mind stops.

— Jennifer Niven

I should be happy, but instead I feel nothing. I feel a lot of nothing these days. Furthermore, I've cried a few times, but mostly I'm empty, as if whatever makes me feel and hurt and laugh and love has been surgically removed, leaving me hollowed out like a shell.

— Jennifer Niven

Is today a good day to die? Is today the day? And if not today–when?

— Jennifer Niven