Emily Cyr > Emily's Quotes

“It was a strange feeling, knowing that the tables were going to turn--that the people who'd always supported and cared for her would soon need her care and support. She wasn't sure she was ready for it. But that was the thing about life; sometimes things happened whether you were ready for them or not.”
― Emily Wakeman Cyr, Pleasant Bay

“They lay there in silence for a long time, listening to the waves gently brush the shore. She wondered if he was as worried as she was about the futility of the situation, about the fact that summer would end and they'd have to go their separate ways.

How cruel it was to be at the beginning of something, already having to think about the end.”
― Emily Wakeman Cyr

“Nothing mattered but the two of them on this empty beach at the edge of the world at the exact moment their tiny spark ignited into blinding, beautiful light.”
― Emily Wakeman Cyr

“Sometimes things happen when you're not ready. And so you make yourself ready.”
― Emily Wakeman Cyr, Pleasant Bay