Ghost Station Quotes

“Some of us are broken enough that we don’t get to be fixed. And maybe we’re better off that way. Not hiding from the damage like everyone else. Just accepting it and figuring out how to work around it.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“There is no finish line because she never set one. She just kept moving the tape with every accomplishment, with every attempt, because no one was there telling her she was done. Telling her she was enough.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“That’s always the trouble, isn’t it? When you take on one thing outside of your control, suddenly everything is your fault. Nothing is ever enough.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“I think if you let the past haunt you, if you can’t accept it, it’s that much harder to make better choices in the future.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“This is her weakness. To be taken care of. She wants to be respected, needed, but at the same time she's so fucking soft for the slightest display of affection.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Which means Ophelia’s family has power over her only because Ophelia continues to give it to them. By keeping that all-important secret”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Every once in a while”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Hiding is a privilege”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“She doesn’t believe in ghosts”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“That's always the trouble isn't it, when you take on one thing outside of your control, suddenly everything is your fault, nothing is ever enough.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“People can travel to other planets and live in outer space but they always bring their troubles with them.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Genetics are not destiny. Neither is environment. The two together pack a powerful punch, but I have control of my actions. I make choices for myself.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“with a hint of grudging respect.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“A flash of jealousy comes out of nowhere, taking her breath away.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“These are my people, not yours. God, why did he have to be such a … man about it?”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Tension arcs through her, urging her to hurry, but she keeps her steps deliberate, even. She will not rush, not on Severin’s arbitrary command.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“By the book. Ethan is very much a rules-exist-for-a-reason type of person. He must despise everything about her existence. Nothing by-the-book about it.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Every team is, in some ways, like a family, with roles to play. When a family member is gone, there has to be some adjustment, or functionality can be impaired.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Other memories, however, feel far too close. Little Bird, where are you?”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“No matter how often it happens, it always strikes Ophelia as so strange how you can hear a lie sometimes. It’s the fractional pause before the response. The thinness of the words, as if they’re brittle ice, holding the shape of an answer but not strong enough to sustain thorough examination.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“So many corners, so many shadows. Where are you hiding, Little B ird?”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“there’s nothing else in here. The stillness, in place of what must have once been a hive of busyness, feels almost like a physical pressure.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“That is partially my fault,” she says evenly, focusing on the center of his forehead. An old trick to create the impression of eye contact when the monkey brain is too overwhelmed with strong emotion for the real thing.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“A strained noise escapes her raw throat, startling her. Her mouth feels cold, her tongue like a slab of thawing meat. Foreign, thick, in the way. Panic chews at the drug-induced calmness still drifting through her veins. Her hands, her legs, don’t seem to exist at all, for all that she can feel them. And when she tries to open her eyes again, her eyelids flutter but remain closed. It is a terrifying feeling, to not be in control of your body when your mind is awake. Like being buried alive, encased within your own flesh and bone.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Shocking what the prospect of death will do to change a person.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Nothing to be sorry about,” he says. “Some of us are broken enough that we don’t get to be fixed. And maybe we’re better off that way. Not hiding from the damage like everyone else. Just accepting it and figuring out how to work around it. Just like we’re doing. Like you’re doing.” His gaze meets hers and holds it. “It takes guts to face the worst of yourself, the worst of your fears.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Genetics are not destiny. Neither is environment. The two together pack a powerful punch,”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station

“Some of us are broken enough that we don’t get to be fixed. And maybe we’re better off that way. Not hiding from the damage like everyone else. Just accepting it and figuring out how to work around it. Just like we’re doing. Like you’re doing.”
― S.A. Barnes, Ghost Station