Beautiful Blue World Quotes

“That is the best start, Mathilde, to learn to love. It will help you see that every person matters, that everyone is someone’s loved one. … The truth is, you already do. You think so carefully about how things affect people. That’s why our work here is so hard for you. And it’s why we need you. We all have to make difficult choices. If we make the right ones, hopefully they will allow others to make more right ones, and, one day, things will get better.”
― Suzanne LaFleur, Beautiful Blue World

“Miss Markusen came around to my side of the desk. She knelt and gently wiped away the tear, and the ones that came splashing after it, with a clean, soft, baby-blue handkerchief. “That is the best start, Mathilde, to learn to love. It will help you see that every person matters, that everyone is someone’s loved one.” Gunnar had said that to me. He was better at this than I was. “The truth is, you already do. You think so carefully about how things affect people. That’s why our work here is so hard for you. And it’s why we need you. “We all have to make difficult choices. If we make the right ones, hopefully they will allow others to make more right ones, and, one day, things will get better.” When I finally looked back up at the Examiner, she said, “We are trying to make the world a safe place. You have to trust us, Mathilde. We trust you.” MEGS AND I SAT together at lunch, though we were both very quiet. It took me the whole meal to get out the sentence I needed to say. “Come with me.” “Okay.” On the way out of the lunchroom, I caught Gunnar’s elbow. “Come with us?” “Where?” “You’ll see.” Making sure no one followed us, I led them up the stairs and along the hallway to my door to”
― Suzanne LaFleur, Beautiful Blue World

“boiled red potato.”
― Suzanne LaFleur, Beautiful Blue World