Been Here All Along Quotes

“I’m just really happy,” he says, rolling away from me and leaning up on his elbow. “I’m so happy it makes me want to hide, because I don’t know what to do with it all. I want to store it up and save it for winter.” “But winter just ended.” “Fine, I want to store it up and save it for when I don’t feel like it’s bursting from every single one of my pores. I didn’t know this was possible. To feel this way.” I lean up on my elbow to face him, smiling. “What? Are you going to make fun of me?” Gideon asks. Someone shushes us from a nearby blanket, so I pitch my voice low and whisper in his ear. “I can’t make fun of you because I feel the exact same way.” We”
― Sandy Hall, Been Here All Along

“We're not that kind of parents, Gideon" my mom says. "We want you to be healthy and happy and mostly just not to die alone.”
― Sandy Hall, Been Here All Along

“Kind of bored and sort of sad.”
― Sandy Hall, Been Here All Along

“I have zero desire to bounce.”
― Sandy Hall, Been Here All Along