A Tangle of Gold Quotes

“Well, this might sound stupid but I think he was my best friend. Like the other half of me. I'm so scared something might have happened to him when he went back. I miss him so much sometimes I look at windows and I want to just walk right through them -- like press myself through the glass. I want their sharp edges to fragment me.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, A Tangle of Gold

“There was one true thing. Madeleine. The relief was beautiful. He fell asleep imagining her hands in his hands, holding one another in the darkness.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, A Tangle of Gold

“We forgive our friends their darkness and focus on their light. Assuming the light returns. If it doesn’t, well, the friend must want to sleep, so shut the door and leave them to it.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, A Tangle of Gold

“I feel like people are always speaking with their eyes, their bodies, their hands, gestures, intonation, and their words - only mostly all we hear are the words. And the words get in the way. So if we just spoke with our eyes we might get closer to the truth.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, A Tangle of Gold

“t was beautiful, being there with Elliott. It was like there was nothing except him and me. I remember his palms, his chest, his chin, but it was like we were more than just our bodies. As if our essence was there in the darkness.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, A Tangle of Gold