Made of Stars Quotes

“Even the stars are lies. They sparkle so brightly, but their shine takes years to reach us.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“It breaks my heart a little in the same way that it makes me smile. We're so close to a happy ending.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“We’re all made of stars,” he agrees. “We burn bright, then we flicker away".”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“It's true,' he begins, 'that the universe is this big, vast thing, and humans will probably never explore even a tiny fraction of it. But that doesn't mean we're alone or we're displaced from it. All these elements, everything around us, the building blocks of the Earth and life -- even the very air you're breathing -- originated from those stars. We're a part of them. Orion, Draco, Sirius . . . they're a part of us, too.'

Just like that, I can't keep my eyes off Chance. Even Rachael is momentarily entranced, looking bewildered and amazed all at once.

I can't help thinking about it, how we could've all come from different stars, light-years away. Wondering, maybe, if Chance and I came from the same star. If that's what they mean when two people feel they've known each other in a past life.

No, not in a past life -- but that the building blocks of one person's existence could have originated right alongside that of another's.

I wonder if that's why I can't seem to shake him. Why so much of my life has been focused on someone like him.

'So we're all made of stars,' I murmur. So much for not opening my mouth.

Chance twists around, a sad smile on his face as his eyes meet mine. 'We're all made of stars,' he agrees. 'We burn bright, then we flicker away.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“That's the sort of person Chance is.

He gets under your skin, and even when he's gone, you still feel him there like a dull ache.

A warm memory you can never quite reclaim.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“Chance-and-me. Two people derived from the same star billions of years ago, searching for each other in a vast universe and only now really finding each other.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“I really am the world's shittiest boyfriend. Holding onto something normal for the sake of having it, for nothing other than to keep what is familiar and safe close to me because the alternative is so fucking terrifying I can't begin to wrap my head around it. It has nothing to do with it being another guy and everything to do with it being Chance, and Chance has the ability to shatter me into the minuscule fragments and base elements of the star I supposedly came from.

Who walks willingly into something like that?”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“Chance orbits Hunter like the planets orbit the sun, aching to be closer but never daring.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“Was anything you’ve told me been true? || I love you. That’s been true since the day we met.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“Rescue operation," he says, breathless. "Saved Barbie from drowning.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“What are we doing, burying bodies?" Admittedly, this would be a lace to do it. Isolated, off any main roads.
"Nope. We're going to war.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“Chance likes to ride in back, standing up at red lights and pounding on the roof in (what he insists is) Morse code. We won't mention that to Dad.”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars

“...and by interesting, I mean I might want to throw myself out of a moving vehicle by the time she leaves. p. 64”
― Kelley York, Made of Stars