Unbound Quotes

“Outside, the stars is still danglin in the purple darkness- not a trail of ladle stars, but loose stars, runaway stars, stars too stubborn to disappear.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“I wonder how it feels like
to be a tiny fish
what flitters n darts
so free.

I wonder how it feels
to be the cool, clear water
what runs
without bein chased.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“Even if fear steals my soul, I'm never goin coddle grown people what's got no sense of kindness.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“The Lord don't need a ribbon
to hear your mama's prayer,
she says,
n you don't need a ribbon
to remember your mama.
The things what we love,
we keep buried in our hearts.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“n suddenly, like a clap of thunder in a sweet blue sky, all my promisin starts to feel like fistful of thorns is scratchin my brain.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“In heaven, Mama says, the good lord loves everybody, no matter what color they's painted.”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“You keep those eyes lookin up that's where the good lord n his angels live”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse

“Age don't make you old Aunt Sara says, worries do." ”
― Ann E. Burg, Unbound: A Novel in Verse