Ember Quotes

“Deep down under where his heart resided, strangled up in thorny vines of guilt, anger, fear and longing, there lay something deeper in him, something that he couldn’t see but she could.”
― Carol Oates, Ember

“Is this really about keeping me safe or about you not wanting to share your sandbox with the others?”
― Carol Oates, Ember

“The temptation to take the next step hung in the air around them...it was the apple: take one bite, and there was no going back.”
― Carol Oates, Ember

“You have lived all these years and you're still a grumpy teenage boy. That must take effort.”
― Carol Oates, Ember

“She looked like a grown-up, a calm, controlled grown-up, and she was glad for that one mercy. No one would be able to judge from her exterior that she was falling apart on the inside or that she didn't feel mature at all.”
― Carol Oates, Ember

“I think you've been sleeping on the job; the city isn't exactly paradise," she said caustically. "Every time you clap your hands, another person becoms a statistic.”
― Carol Oates, Ember