Up Through the Water Quotes

“blue and cold as winter stones”
― Darcey Steinke, Up Through the Water

“the outer banks swing out from the coast of North Carolina like the bony curve of a woman's hip”
― Darcey Steinke, Up Through the Water

“birdish cottages on stilts”
― Darcey Steinke, Up Through the Water

“Lila got out of the car. Her hood blew back from her jacket and she held her hands up to the gulls. He watched the many wing tips brush her, knowing they must feel like breath. In this way she was like his mother. They were more alive than most people, and this gave them power to draw things to them. For a moment it seemed the birds would lift her above the ferry. He rested his eyes. And when he opened them, the birds were gone and she was making her way through the pressing wind back to him.”
― Darcey Steinke, Up Through the Water