True Life in Uncanny Valley Quotes

“Most birds get up."

"The point is, you think it's dead. But it gets up. It takes a while sometimes, but there it is, looking around. And after a while it flies off. It actually flies off. And, according to my mom, and to her dad before her, most birds get up. Most birds get up, El, and so will you.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“I wonder, you know, how many rebellious brats are really just kids speaking the truth, truth that no one has dared to say before.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“In these types of movies, humanity is never the winner.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Who knew that a place could make you feel like a totally different person. The freedom, the openness, and the sexiness, yeah. But, also, the glorious sense of just belonging to yourself.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Guilt crashes down. Happy can be an accusation when someone else isn't.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“I've always believed that everyone who reads a book leaves part of themselves in it, adding their experiences to the whole. The story plus the readers- it's humanity, the ones that want to respect and understand other people.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“You can't escape history, Arden Lee says. History is who we've been and who we'll keep being until we do something different.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Let's just see," she says, because seeing can change everything.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Whenever Miss Fury races toward someone, she's taking down a bad guy, but my racing always has somthing to do with love.”
― Deb Caletti, True Life in Uncanny Valley

“The ones who see you save you.”
― Deb Caletti (Author), True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Why can't all people be seen and given dignity? That's what I want to know.”
― Deb Caletti (Author), True Life in Uncanny Valley

“I wish I could be bigger than the awkwardness that I feel around people like them, kids who are popular, good at sports, in student government, and student everything. Instead I feel a strange, embarrassed shame, like I'm wearing a clown nose that can't be removed.”
― Deb Caletti (Author), True Life in Uncanny Valley

“The thing is- you can memorize every rule in an instruction book, but you won't actually know a thing about the game until you're playing.”
― Deb Caletti (Author), True Life in Uncanny Valley

“Fiction is so great, you know. It saves you. It holds your hand and gives you a kick in the butt.”
― Deb Caletti (Author), True Life in Uncanny Valley