The Chaos of Standing Still Quotes

“And real things break.
Imaginary things last forever.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“Any system, if left unattended or isolated, will eventually result in entropy. Or chaos.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“Grief isn’t an active emotion. It’s not something you do. It’s something that happens to you. It’s 100 percent passive. It’s a tornado that rips your house from the ground, right off its foundation, twisting it around and around, before dropping it haphazardly back down to the earth. Sure, you’re still in the same place, but everything has been destroyed. The windows face the wrong way, the china has fallen from the cabinets and smashed to the floor. The furniture is upside down. And you’re standing in the middle of it all, wondering what happened. Wondering how you’re ever going to put it all back together again.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“The English language has over one million words in it, and none of them are good enough for Lottie. None of them will capture what I saw when I looked at her. What I see now when I remember her. How she will forever look through my filtered view of the world.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“What if life is unpredictable? What if people leave for no reason? What if losing is just another part of life? What if the universe can't be controlled? What if chaos is good? What if some questions can never be answered? What if that's okay?”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“Grief changes the way you see things forever. Because it changes you forever.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“What if life is unpredictable? What if people leve for nu reason? What if losing is just another part of life? What if the universe can't be controlled? What if chaos is good? What if some questions can never be answered? What if that's okay?”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go. —“Let Her Go” by Passenger”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“Funerals are for the living. For saying good-bye.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“I launch out of my seat and run to the bar at the far side of the lounge. I find an abandoned receipt and a pen and dash back over to the table... this isn't a drawing. At least not like any drawing I've ever done before... This is trying to catch water from a pitcher in a thimble... This is me finally breathing life back into Lottie.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“That’s the thing about Homes. After you lose the things that make them worthy of a capital H, all you’re left with is an empty, lowercase house.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“That's the thing about Homes. After you lose the things that make them worthy of a capital H, all you're left with is an empty, lowercase house.”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still

“This world doesn't seem to suck so much"
"you say that but wait for it"
"I'll wait for it, if you'll wait for it"
"I'll wait for it”
― Jessica Brody, The Chaos of Standing Still