The May Queen Murders Quotes

“Sometimes you gotta face danger to find what you're looking for.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“The woods were muted, no crackles of unseen squirrels or deer moving between trees. Even the birds hushed. Perhaps in mourning for the girl who used to dance here.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Sí. You don't stop loving a person because they have secrets. You make their secrets your own.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Mamie told me living rooms were once known as death rooms, back when funerals were a home matter. After mortuaries came into fashion, there was no need for keeping bodies on ice at home, and the death room was rechristened the living room.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Wanting to forget that terrible things happened don't change the past. The past makes you. It'll break you if you let it, and Lord have mercy on broken souls.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Death seemed close, so cold, so real that if I reached into the fog, I'd find its fingers and lock hands.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Love and sorrow were similar, in that both ripped you wide open and left you without skin.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“But asking for help means inviting others in, and there's a right good fear of letting in too much. When you let people in, something in you lets out.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“We held each other in mutual sadness, in changes that came too fast.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“My tongue, swollen with venom, hadn't said the right things.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Acorns came from oaks, trees that were sturdy and hard to break. They didn't have to grow in a grove and did fine all alone.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“My thoughts were colors, shades of red, alarming and enraged.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“What predator is the worst?" Sheriff didn't have to answer. I already knew. The worst predators of all were humans.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“What predators is the worst?" Sheriff didn't have to answer. I already knew. The worst predators of all were humans.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

“Sometimes you gotta face danger to find what your looking for.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders