Caitlin Rush > Caitlin's Quotes

“The bridge had already been burned, she thought. She may as well stoke the fire.”
― Caitlin Rush, Lies That Princess Told You

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges.”
― Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Uncompleted Writings

“Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“At some point along the winding, honeysuckle-lined road of their lives, the love of a child had transformed into the love of a young woman, and the two loves had both been so natural and pure that she hadn’t noticed the difference.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“I love you. I’ve loved you for longer than I even know. Since before I even knew how to love...”
He shook his head, his eyes smiling even as his expression remained somber.
“I think I’ve loved you even longer,” he whispered back...”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“Flashlights would have been nice. Next adventure, Coralee was going to bring a flashlight.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“It wasn’t that she believed in voodoo, precisely—but she believed in the people who believed in voodoo—and that was scary enough.

-Coralee Ayers”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“The people were gone, and the years had demolished all traces—but it did not really matter to Kira, who stared steely eyed into the darkness. She had seen far lovelier things fade away.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“A breeze blew softly, slightly rippling the water as it carried the heady scents of late Carolina springtime through the air. Honeysuckle. Jasmine. Ripe, pungent river mud. Ah, the world felt right.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“...you can’t plan out or perfectly schedule the big moments in your life. They just happen to you when they happen, sometimes because you made them happen and sometimes because you couldn’t stop them from happening.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“If all goes well, we will be back in time for a proper memorial service [for your father], Ben. I promise."

Ben looked up, and all the bitterness was gone from his eyes, replaced somehow by both resignation and determination.

"And if all doesn't go well?" he asked, tightening his grip on Coralee's trusting hand as he led her outside to the driveway.

Kira's flawless features morphed into something like a smile, yet wholly without happiness or humor.

"Then you'll all be meeting up with [your father] soon enough, I expect. Either that, or you shall wish it was so.”
― Caitlin Rush, Curses Beneath Her Feet

“I left a certain life behind because it was killing me. It did not accept me as I was, and it twisted goodness into rigid rules.”
― Caitlin Rush, Lies That Princess Told You

“She knew she couldn't have the past back and oftentimes even felt content in her present. So why did it haunt her so?”
― Caitlin Rush, Lies That Princess Told You