The Great Unknowable End Quotes

“There is a charge in this air, and a charge inside me, and I have an unshakable feeling that this charge is about to spark against another and burst into some great unknowable thing.”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“Life does surprise you, and not just sometimes. More often than not. The trick, I'm beginning to see, is welcoming the surprise in all its unexpected, unknowable glory." -Stella”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“Think about it. You blame them as much as they blame us. Seems neither side can throw their hands up and say they don't know why the hell any of this stuff is happening. Because someone's always got to be wrong, huh?" -Galliard”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“...you know who I think's weak? People who hide inside here instead of facing the real world. I went out there. And yeah, parts of it are bad. Parts of it are absolutely shitty. But they have music and stories and futures we don't. That's worth the shitty parts. That's what I'm starting to think. And I don't give a damn if you call it weak" -Galliard”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“A song isn't just a song, and you know that. Songs are dangerous. They make you feel things. New things. They make you brave." -Galliard”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“It's hard to explain what happens next. It's a thing that happens *to* me. I'm not listening so much as I'm being *sung into*. The music and the words and the harmonies - they push through my pores and into my bloodstream. They're in me. The singer's voice isn't close to anything I've heard before in the Back Room. It's dense and elastic, just the right amount of ragged on its edges. A chorus of harmonic voices backs him up as he hits notes I know are tough to nail. He makes it sound easy. Natural." -Galliard”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“Buddy, give me confidence. Janis, give me strength. And, Jimi, please, please give me cool" -Galliard”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End

“Friendship is equal footing Galliard. Friendship is honesty" -Stella”
― Kathryn Ormsbee, The Great Unknowable End