Above the Sky Quotes

“You and I are extremely alike. Sometimes people who are alike don’t get along too well. Qualities that other people would respect, they take for granted in each other, and qualities that they wish they could curb in themselves, seem magnified in the other person. It’s like looking into a hypercritical mirror.”
― J.W. Lynne, Above the Sky

“... there are certain questions that must never be asked. Of anyone. Even oneself.”
― Jenny Lynne, Above the Sky

“I take small, shallow breaths, even though my lungs are begging for more air. I feel the heat of Ten’s controlled breaths against my face. As we stand there, it feels as if an electric charge is growing between us, so powerful that it would shock us if we moved even a millimeter closer together. And yet I feel like I want to.”
― Jenny Lynne, Above the Sky

“You are so much stronger than you realize. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that you’re not. Not even you.”
― J.W. Lynne, Above the Sky

“Our teacher, Professor Adam, doesn’t know we’re just going through the motions. He doesn’t understand that nothing he’s saying really matters anymore. This classroom, and everything that happens inside it, once seemed big and important. Now it all seems silly and insignificant. I try to pay attention, because we’re supposed to, but my mind can’t focus on the present. It’s too busy thinking about the future. A future where every life in this room is in jeopardy.”
― J.W. Lynne, Above the Sky

“You are so much stronger than you realize. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that you’re not. Not even you,”
― Jenny Lynne, Above the Sky

“Even without looking at my navigator, I know it’s almost the end of the school day because Ten’s short brown hair, just a bit darker than mine, which starts every day neatly combed flat and parted to one side like all of the other boys, is as tousled as the rules will allow.”
― Jenny Lynne, Above the Sky