Son of a Trickster Quotes

“Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breath. Remember that you were not always earthbound. Every living creature, every drop of water and every sombre mountain is the by-blow of some bloated, dying star. Deep down, we remember wriggling through the universe as beams of light.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“You are words," the fireflies said. "Your soul is the poem. The struggle to make mortal words say the infinite unsayable is the struggle that defines sentience.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“He didn't want to be a sucker, but he didn't want to be alone. Everything ached and all the choices felt wrong.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“You shouldn't dwell on it," Mrs. Jaks had said. "Forgive him and you'll live without his shadow on your lives."

"The world is hard," his mom had said. "You need to be harder.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Hey, what’s your wi-fi password?” “Ticats suck, Argos rule,” Jared said. “One word, no caps, no spaces.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Are you happy?” Jared said. “Mostly,” Phil said. “Better than nothing,” Jared said.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“The neighbourhood was silent in the early morning, aside from the guy at the end of the street who played non-stop Slayer in his garage.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Is this Enya?” “Grimes,” Sarah said. “Sounds like Enya.” “Whatever, Nickelback.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“My mom’s messed up,” his mom said. “The nuns messed her up. They made her think everything Indian was evil. And that includes you and me.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“but it wiggled around the back of his mind like a melody that you hummed without thinking.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“He wasn't going to be alone after she died, but the world was going to be a lonelier place without her.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Mom.” “What?” She was trying to help. In her own way, this was warm and fuzzy. “Thanks for supper.” “It wasn’t even on sale,” she said. “I paid full price for that crap.” “When someone pays retail, that’s love,” Jared said.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Jared couldn’t follow the twists of this and didn’t really care. “Do you mind if I hit the shower?”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Okay, Buzzkill, this is a win. You celebrate wins. You don’t shit on them.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“This one’s pretty good too,” Crashpad said, holding up a boxed set. “These brothers hunt monsters and they drive around the country in this Impala and the tall one has demon blood but he—”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“Gran, I love you,” Sarah said, “but your blind adherence to the dominant culture’s values makes me want to scream.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

“I wish you weren’t so hung up on bourgeois rituals,” Sarah said. “Decolonize, Gran.”
― Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster