The Year of Shadows Quotes

“It's a strange feeling, when you hear a good piece of music. It starts out kind of shaky, this hot, heavy knot in your chest. At first it's tiny, like a spot of light in a dark room, but then it builds, pouring through you. And the next thing you know, everything from your forehead down to your fingers and toes is on fire. You feel like the hot, heavy knot in your chest is turning into a bubble. It's full of everything good in the world, and if you don't do something--if you don't run or dance or shout to everyone in the world about this music you've just heard--it'll explode.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“Have you ever watched people when they don't know you're watching them? Like in a movie theater or a concert. When people get caught up in watching something, their faces change. The lines on their faces get softer, because whatever they're watching has made them forget how they think they're supposed to be looking. Instead, they just ARE — just sitting there, listening and watching and being real.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“Dreams—even ones you were good at—weren’t for hiding yourself in.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“It was important to dream. Dreaming tells us who we are and scrubs away the bad days.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“...I finally snapped out of it. The things that make you the most you can do that. When everything else is zoomy and hazy and doesn't make sense, you at least have that. Your hobbies. Your dreams.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“There’s no exit sign on the way to Death, I though, and for some reason, that made me angry. There’s just nothing.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows

“The Maestro just stared at him. I knew that look. I shot that look at people when I was secretly imagining stomping them into a pancake with my boot.”
― Claire Legrand, The Year of Shadows