Take Me with You Quotes

“No one is okay, not a single one of us. The world had simply become too painful for anyone to feel unabashed joy.”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You

“I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE!” he shouted. He wanted trust. He wanted passion. He wanted to want profoundly everything he already had. He wanted to say yes to Norman’s proposal. He wanted what used to be. He wanted to feel love again. He wanted certainty. And if it was meant to be, he would find his way back.”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You

“I was tired. Oh god, was I tired. Tired of fighting, for us, for our rights, for the permits to redo the house. I was tired of America. Of people being so afraid of everything that’s even a little different from them. I was tired of society failing the simplest of moral tests. I was tired of politics. I was tired of wealth disparity. Of a nation that chooses not to have nice things. I was tired of people telling others what bathrooms to use. I was tired of our tax system, our health care system, of everything being the dumbest way to do anything. Here’s your insurance card, don’t forget that eyeballs and teeth are add-ons! I was tired of everyone being so angry all the time.”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You

“But the trouble with drinking the Kool-Aid, Jesse thought, is that you never know when it’s the last glass.”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You

“This is better than observing me in the classroom,” Jesse replied. And Norman understood. He was seeing the results of Jesse’s work, the building that came from the blueprints of his teaching.”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You

“How close are we always to our futures going in different directions?”
― Steven Rowley, Take Me with You