The Fireproof Girl Quotes

“Right here, right now? This is precious. This is life. You’re alive. Somehow, all of the genetic material of all those thousands of ancestors came together in the perfect combination to make you, exactly as you are. That’s magical—it’s the greatest kind of magic I know. Our very existence.” My”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“How can you look at all those billions of stars and not feel humbled? Every problem we face is so small and insignificant that it’s foolish to let it weigh us down. We are free, and we are perfect. We are part of something greater than ourselves, and something great is in each of us. We’re connected. It’s easy to forget that when you’ve mired in all the crap people have done to you. But you’re so much more than your past, and your pain. You need to rise above it all. You’re part of this, Scarlett. You’re part of eternity. That’s the truth.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“I can always tell how long I will tolerate being in a place by the number of books on the shelves.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“there is a slight tremor in my fingertips, but that is to be expected when you consume enough caffeine every morning to kill a small child.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“As our car drives along a sunny avenue lined with palm trees, it seems bizarre that we are heading to a morgue filled with dead bodies. But that’s just California for you. The perfect temperatures and the cheerful sunlight are almost insulting in a bleak situation. Couldn’t the sky show a little decency and muster up a few clouds at least? A bit of rain, even just a drizzle? Nope. Even misery, death, and grief need to be felt while being bombarded with pure paradise.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“Computers and technology are so efficient, while the design of living beings is often flawed. That must be why I constantly abuse my system in small ways, out of sheer annoyance at its failings and the inconvenience of its functions. I like to prove to myself that I can conquer the petty whims of my body by choosing mind over matter.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“Collecting sentimental possessions would anchor me to my surroundings. If I let myself get attached, when I inevitably need to leave, it will only hurt more for every item I leave behind.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“Most couples have a song, don’t they? We have a natural disaster.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“I see us drowning in a love of overwhelming power, and both of us unable to breathe or come up for air. I see us being consumed, and eventually incinerated. This love is a dangerous one. I can feel it now, as I teeter on the edge of falling in. It is a flame that burns so white-hot it could only destroy everything it touches. It would destroy us. We’re not strong enough yet.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“She did not seem to care much for heroin, but no one is immune to the simultaneous opiate, narcotic, and stimulant that is love.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“I’m not going to give up on you, Scar. I know you have one foot out the door—but if it hurts, it means that you don’t really want to go. Something in you is still willing to fight, and I’m right here, ready to fight beside you. I can’t do this on my own. You need to give yourself over to hope, and abandon all your fears. Because I’ll never lie to you, and from now on, we’re in this together.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl

“Maybe I’m not alone. Maybe loss is a more common human experience than love. It certainly seems more common to lose love than it is to keep it, once obtained.”
― Loretta Lost, The Fireproof Girl