Grave of Hummingbirds Quotes

“She smelled of smoke and alcohol and tired perfume and something else, something feral, like hunger at the back door of a restaurant.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“but his mind settled into a state of constant vigilance that wore him out.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“Their lives assumed the precarious rhythm of a transplanted heart. In light”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“It was someone they had overlooked, someone easy to overlook, because he kept his darkness well hidden.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“The village of Colibrí clung to the edge of a cliff like a well-trimmed mustache.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“Here in Colibrí, people saw death as more than an end; it was an opening. Its presence allowed for the intrusion of other forces that were not kindly disposed to the living. Perhaps the gods were jealous of the brief, finite time all creatures had on earth, or they were jealous of one another, but in their jealousy they thrashed about, wrecking harvests, causing accidents, and setting men at one another’s throats.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“Perhaps the gods were jealous of the brief, finite time all creatures had on earth, or they were jealous of one another, but in their jealousy they thrashed about, wrecking harvests, causing accidents, and setting men at one another’s throats.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds

“I’m having a Lottalittle. Lotta gin, little bit of tonic.”
― Jennifer Skutelsky, Grave of Hummingbirds