Edgewood Quotes

“Standing under a spray of warm water is a quick but short-term fix to most of life’s problems.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I did a quick look online to see if there was anything in the news about meteors or shooting stars or weird lights in the sky, but there was nothing at all. Nada.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“It was starting to feel like one of those vivid dreams that seem real when you first open your eyes, but fade the longer you’re awake. I didn’t have too much time to think about it, though, since I needed to get my stuff together and head for school. As the day progressed, I somehow managed to put it out of my mind. Until last hour when I had science with Mr. Specter.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I’m a night owl by nature and an insomniac on occasion. You’ll often find me awake at this hour, alone in my thoughts. I also like to read late at night. The world doesn’t intrude like it does during the day.” I”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Don’t underestimate the Canadians, I always say. They seem all nice and polite and apologetic, but when it comes right down to it, they’re survivors.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Umm, I think it means we determine our own fate. It’s not what happens to us in life, it’s what we do about it.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“William Shakespeare said, ‘It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“You know how sometimes you stop to look at something interesting and then after a few minutes, you’re done looking and you move on? Well, this wasn’t like that. I could have stood there forever, that’s how I felt.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“night. Once outside, I pulled on my shoes and headed out. Just me and the night air. I was never afraid to be out alone at night because I kept undercover. Even though I was a pretty tall guy, almost six feet, I was able to stay hidden in the shadows. I relished the time alone with my thoughts. But mostly I looked forward to getting back home when I was done with my walk so I could finally get some sleep. The weather was cool and a little clammy. Not too bad,”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“believe it was happening again. Couldn’t sleep, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t sleep. It was a Monday night; school started the next day at 7: 20 a.m., and I was exhausted, but my body didn’t care. I shifted in bed and”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Huh.” With one hand she smoothed the wheel to the left and continued the drive to my house. “I wonder what that means…”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Oh.” Talk about shocked. I wasn’t expecting that answer. I wanted to know more, but the finality in her voice told me this was all I was going to get. “I’m really sorry, Carly.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Frank, come back here!” Carly called after him, and then just when I didn’t think it could get any worse, I heard her footsteps clattering behind his. The door flew open revealing Frank, his shaggy hair all askew, his eyes bright with excitement, “Hey, Russ, guess what?” And then he saw Mallory and he transitioned from overeager-Frank to shy-Frank. “Hi,” he said. She waved back. “Hello there.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“That’s not true,” he said, giving her a steely-eyed look. “Why would you say that?” He turned back to me. “The woman at the desk asked them to wait while she went and checked, and then to distract them, I knocked over a cart full of supplies.” He tapped his forehead. “Using only the power of my mind, Russ.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I patted where he indicated and felt something below the surface of the cloth. I could see the stitching where the fabric came together. I couldn’t see a pocket, and yet… I leaned over to inspect it, and then pulled at the seam. It came apart with the ripping sound of Velcro. The old man was right; he did have a hidden pocket.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“met Nadia and Jameson through my homeschooling group,” she said. “The group has these socials once a month. The three of us are the only ones at the high school level around here, and all of us were in the accelerated college level program, so we had that in common too.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Well, I don’t know about that…” If that were true, wouldn’t I know? I didn’t feel any special healing energy coursing through me, I just put my fingers over the wound.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Mallory gave him a sharp look and frowned. “And bring attention to us being at the field? Are you out of your mind?”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I darted around a building that had once been a train station decades before. It was boarded up and there were signs warning people not to trespass. I walked over the tracks, now unused and in disrepair, over to the other side. The field beyond glowed with fragments of something, like someone had tipped over a charcoal grill the size of a water tower. The embers glowed blue and gold, beautiful like jewels. I got closer and noticed the glowing chunks were different sizes but that overall they formed a swirling pattern that covered the entire field. How could it have landed in such a perfect spiral?”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“was almost to the train station when I noticed a series of bright lights moving fast in the sky overhead. I stopped, trying to figure out what it was. It wasn't a plane or a flare or any kind of reflection. More like a blur of shooting stars. Except that shooting stars were usually higher in the sky, I thought. This thing was heading downward and breaking apart as it traveled, almost like fireworks, but dispersing in a more random way. It looked a little bit like photos I’ve seen of an aurora borealis, but I was sure if something like that was going to happen I’d have heard about it.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“still lingered. I walked around to the sidewalk in front. My house was dark except for the one lamp my mom always kept on in the living room to scare off burglars.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Finally, after midnight came and went, I dealt with it in my usual way—I got up. I got out of bed, threw on some jeans and a hooded sweatshirt, and tiptoed downstairs. When I got to the back door, I paused to pick up the Nikes I kept next to the mat and slipped out into the night.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Later that night, when I was almost asleep, it occurred to me that maybe I could use my powers to heal”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Mallory started up the engine and fiddled with the radio, finally settling on an old Nirvana song. Something about a mulatto and an albino and a mosquito. The lyrics made absolutely no sense, but hearing a familiar song pulled me back into my everyday world and made me feel better.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“How excruciating would it be to have electricity surge through your body strong enough to shoot holes through the bottoms of your shoes? It had to have been horrible. He was a tough old geezer, still conscious and talking, even if he was confused. Soon enough we could ask him what had happened.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“The advantage of a good reputation was also a disadvantage. No one thought I was capable of doing anything wrong.   ***”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“the social graces. “I was sorry to hear about your father’s death,” she said,”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“There was never a moment when I felt normal. I was always aware of the scars and the work it took to blend in with regular people. Not getting noticed took a lot of effort. Being a monster was exhausting.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood

“I wondered, is it hypocritical to judge people for being judgmental? I thought it probably was.”
― Karen McQuestion, Edgewood