Fall Shook Up Quotes

“It’s like I feel simultaneously too soft and too hard for this world. I can’t let people in but somehow still manage to feel hurt by them all the time,” I said.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Today, I learned that forearms with popping veins are a breathtaking sight to see in real life.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Anything I could learn needed to come from him in his own time.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“The rain lessened, but only because it was transforming into heavy, fat flakes of snow.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“I would help out this woman in crisis, just once, and then I could go back to ignoring the world. I growled loud enough that a passing woman pulled her kid to another aisle. It wasn’t much as far as supplies went: the catastrophic half-and-half, a few protein bars, some trail mix, fresh ground coffee, a couple of cases of water, extra toilet paper and paper towels, and some fresh fruit jam from Sutton Farms. And vegetables. And a couple of extra blankets for when the temps dropped this week, as predicted. Maybe a fresh loaf of bread from Cozy Creek Confectionery and some sharp cheese to pair with the jam. Hopefully, she wasn’t gluten-free. I would not be getting her special bread.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Social media is the downfall of humanity,” I said through huffs of breath. “We pay fake tribute to pretend lives that nobody has and then bully ourselves for not living up to those expectations.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up

“Maybe most of us are just doing our best. We’re just a messy little collection of cells and matter given a conscience, and perhaps we’re doing okay with the chaos of the fact. Considering how hard it all can be. You know? Humans are cute.”
― Piper Sheldon, Fall Shook Up