Absent Quotes

“People want to believe bad things, I tell myself, glaring around at my classroom. They want to believe the most shocking story. They see you as the worst version of yourself.”
― Katie Williams, Absent

“We're quiet then, quiet enough that I can hear the books around me creaking in their shelves, rustling their pages, stretching their spines, as if they have something to add to the conversation. Which some of them probably do.”
― Katie Williams, Absent

“Or will she appear down below, a pale blinking girl in the dark lake of the parking lot?”
― Katie Williams, Absent

“Wes slid two more cigarettes out of the pack, offering one to me.

“I don’t smoke.”

“Why not? It gives you superpowers, you know.”

“What? Like cancer?” I said”
― Katie Williams, Absent