Keystone Quotes

“[After Nalena realizes Nok can read her thoughts]

[Garrett] leans towards me until his face is almost touching the skin of my cheek.
'You're thinking, oh crap, aren't you?" he says.
I swallow. Nod. Gulp. "Yeah."...

[Nok] looks at me one more time, his face as open and inviting as a meadow. He says with a shrug, "You. Fine."
Then he turns on his heels and leaves.
"Oh...did you see that?" Mark pipes up. "Nok's got a crush on Nali. You got two whole words out of him!”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“The thing is, my dear, everyone has a purpose. Even if it seems to be to walk in circles and spit on you, everyone has a use to us in this world. And that's just the aftertaste. The real, bitter pill is that every moron you encounter is actually here to make you less of one.”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“There was a whole world of air, but without you there, I couldn't breathe any of it in.”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“Addo: 'Thank you for letting me know, Charlotte.'
'Madam.' She corrects, doting the name softly in the air with her finger.
'Excuse me, of course, Ma...dam.' When Addo says Madam, he says it funny like my damn, which makes Brandon and Mark snicker from their seats. Although Addo doesn't turn to look at them, his grin assures me that the next words are more for their benefit than Ms. Fisk's.
'So that would make you...My Damn Fisk”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“Some things you just can't understand until the moment that you do.”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“Black shouldn't be used for mourning; it should only be used for slimming...”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“So when he drops his head, I don't leave. Instead, I sit beside Milo Frangere as he tries to pretend that he's not crying quietly into his hands.”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone

“If you're after the Addo, he's holed up down there with Sean. You know what's up with that?"

Garrett just shakes his head as if he's clueless that the Addo is probably down there spewing all the secrets of Addoship to Sean, over a plate of cookies.
Zane squints.”
― Misty Provencher, Keystone