Overdue Quotes

“My legs wobbled beneath me and I stumbled. Carter was quick, clutching onto me to prevent me from falling. “You okay?” he asked, holding me tightly. “Yeah.” We stared in one another’s eyes. Beautiful agony was the only way I could describe this moment. His eyes and his kiss were the beautiful part. That there could be nothing beyond this evening, the agony. It was then I realized the song had ended. “Resume open skating,” the organist announced”
― Shari Hearn, Overdue

“Given all the crazy getups I’d seen Gertie wearing since I met her, I shouldn’t have been surprised to see her squeezed into her old Roller Derby outfit, but I was. Her white hair stuck out from under her old helmet. Her too-tight goggles made the skin around her cheeks puff out, reminding me of a cartoon I had once seen starring a goldfish wearing glasses. Giant padding protected her skinny knees and elbows. An ancient pair of skates that had been tied together with their laces rested over one shoulder, causing her to lean to the right when she walked.”
― Shari Hearn, Overdue

“I craned my neck to see his face, which was pointed toward the wall. What looked like a puncture mark was visible on his neck. I held my fingers to a pulse point. The beating was faint. No wonder this man was the most quiet grown-up in the library. He was dying.”
― Shari Hearn, Overdue

“This is ridiculous. There’s no way I can become a substitute librarian overnight.” Gertie shook her head. “You’re a CIA operative. I bet you’ve had to familiarize yourself with the details of other professions in less time than this.” She was right. I had. “Okay, let me rephrase that. I don’t want to do it.”
― Shari Hearn, Overdue