Girl Underwater Quotes

“Two hundred and four people died that night,” I say, seeing their faces, hearing their screams. “Shouldn’t you be telling their stories?”
― Claire Kells, Girl Underwater

“And he helped you do it?"

"No, sweetheart. He told me I could do it.”
― Claire Kells, Girl Underwater

“Once we're safely out of earshot, I crouch down and tilt his head up to mine. "Tim, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to confuse you like that."

He looks down at his boots. "It's okay."

"We should have told you right away that we're just friends."

"I still would've been confused." He pauses. Says confused a second time, correcting the lisp that tends to sneak back in when he's not concentrating.

"Why?"

He gazes up at me with those pale green eyes, a mysterious blend of innocent and wise. "Because Colin loves you.”
― Claire Kells, Girl Underwater

“swimming those kinds of distances was never about staring at a black line on the bottom of the pool. It’s about shutting everything else out and existing in your own head, your own thoughts, until the world is ready to have you again.”
― Claire Kells, Girl Underwater

“An announcement rolls over the speakers, as if it even means anything anymore: “This is your captain. Brace for impact.”
― Claire Kells, Girl Underwater