Steady Is The Fall Quotes

“I clutched the handle of the door. Squeezed it. Settled my other hand along the doorway and prayed. Not for anything in particular. Just for the sake of doing it. To see if it would change things. To see if it would change me.”
― Emily Ruth Verona, Steady Is The Fall

“Larry used to say death ran in our family. When I would tell him that it ran in everybody's he'd simply hunch forward, hold up a finger and shake his head. 'Not like in ours,' he'd say, 'Not like in ours.”
― Emily Ruth Verona, Steady Is The Fall

“Facts. Smooth, flat, undeniable facts. If only I could keep them straight.”
― Emily Ruth Verona, Steady Is The Fall

“There's always something about people who have known each other since childhood. Explanations meant very little to us. Excuses meant even less.”
― Emily Ruth Verona, Steady Is The Fall