Up From the Blue Quotes

“Sometimes the easiest thing to do is nothing. You just make do. Keep your mouth closed and hope all the rattling goes away.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“But truth is stubborn.

Our nature, our secret hearts can only hide for so long.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“The beauty of sleep is the way the world around you disappears.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“She'd covered the bed in books, five of them spread out across Dad's side. She once told me she liked to read the first chapters and then dream the rest. Perhaps she was dreaming them right now.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“I missed all the time on my own when I gave myself dares, like slipping my tongue through the slats of the electric fan or sticking my arm down a hole in the ground, wondering if I’d find the animal that made it.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“woke to the sound of stomping and banging. My head felt heavy on my pillow, but I pulled myself up and stumbled to the bedroom door. Phil was listening from the hallway. “What’s happening?” I asked. My tongue felt swollen and my words were slurred. “I’m not sure. The doorbell rang while we were eating breakfast, and Dad jumped up and started rushing around the house.” “It’s morning?” I felt woozy and held on to the wall.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“She was like the beautiful women who cried on the movie screen, the scenes you remembered even after you forgot what the rest of the movie was about.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue

“Everyone likes to tell you the ways you’re wrong and ways you can improve yourself and what you should and shouldn’t do. Sometimes you have to tune it out or there’s nothing left of you that’s right.”
― Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue