Stars Go Blue Quotes

“Sometimes his brain works if he can manage it like music, like a song, like a river that does not halt. So he singsongs it: “Tell you what I’m gonna do, see.” With the accent, like a Brooklyn”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue

“Tell ya what I'm gonna do, see. I'm not going to hope. Now, you don't either. Don't hope your life will get better. Just make it so. Don't hope you are able to handle this baby. Just do it. Just be glad, just move fast, just do what you need to do. But for god's sake, don't hope. Just be...Just be...”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue

“She swishes her arms back and forth. “Okay.” Her voice is small and quiet like a mourning dove, like the soft gray on a mourning dove’s back.”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue

“Sometimes this disease reminds me of a Stellar’s jay.” And Zach, sweet Zach, says, “That was well put, Renny,” and winks kindly at her. She tries to stop the smile but it’s too late. She curled her hair this morning with pink plastic curlers and she’s glad she did that because what- oh-what source of joy is there left for her in this world? She is not interested in men and their sexual needs (oh, what a relief, when she took Ben’s hand off her breast decades ago and told him that she was just done with that stuff), but she could use a friend, maybe even a friend that would rub her stiff shoulders and hold her hand, and it might as well be a man since she can’t picture wanting a woman to touch her. Everyone is still smiling at her. Smiling extra hard. She is an honored martyr. She knows that they know. That she has already lost a daughter. And on top of this she has Ben, whose speech and thought has quite suddenly taken a turn for the worse. So she gets an especially high grade for her suffering. And that’s what humans want. To feel special. Even for stupid reasons. Bastards, all of them, she says to herself, to the friendly and smiling faces, all bastards except for maybe Zach. Maybe she hates them all.”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue

“Oh, Ben,” she whispers. “I’ve sunk as low as I can get. All the sudden. Today,” and then says, more loudly and firmly, “You”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue

“No!” She pries the frozen square of manure from the dog’s teeth and flings it away. Then she unzips her jacket and sighs one of those frustrated sighs that is supposed to help get patience back and which he hears from his wife all the time now. “Remember, Dad,”
― Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue