Wash Quotes

“...even when your mind wanders, it's going someplace, and all that travelling adds up...”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“She wishes she had looked more closely at every bit of her world when she was growing up so she could give more of it to Wash but it had been wrapped so close around her, she had no idea she would ever be without it.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“Turns out there’s a way to give in without losing. You got to find some slack in you. Just this side of your breaking point. Each of us got a different breaking point, according to who you are and the life you get born inside. And if somebody shows you how, you might can move that breaking point from where it started out to where you need it to be. But sometimes, you can’t. Who you are and the life you get given won’t never fit together and you leave this world as quick as you came in.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“There are all different kinds of trees, some closer and some farther away, each one standing in its own patch of ground with its own stance, all coming together to make this one web of shadows.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“Some folks are better to talk to than others cause they give you a chance to tell things to yourself. Talking to em can bring you new words. Some folks feel like a deep pool and you can drop anything in there and you aint got to worry about it coming back at you some kind a way.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“Folks will take hold of whatever story suits em best and nothing you can do. Don’t matter if it is your story, once they start in on it, you can’t never get it out of their mouth. No matter how hard you try. All you can do is find a way to hang on to knowing you know better.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash

“Nothing to grab on to will teach you to hold your breath.”
― Margaret Wrinkle, Wash