Orphan Island Quotes

“Everything had its purpose. If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“what a thing to do—to give up your whole self for someone else. To love someone that much. To be always and forever there, no matter what. To hold on like that.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“Dear reader who finds this, if I am gone,
My name is Jinny
I lived here on this island.
I loved it.
I stayed.
I held on.
Then, after a pause, Jinny added a line. She'd never be able to write it in ink, bit it was there all the same, a ghost in the letter. As she slid the piece of paper into her pocket, she whispered it aloud.
I held on
Too long.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“The counting felt good to her. It was something, anyway, a thing she could do, a kind of knowledge.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“They”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“After a moment, she decided to stick out her own little hand alongside the other two, as though this was the way people greeted each other on the island. Hand extended, she looked up at the boys for approval.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“She remembered once, years back, she and Deen had snuck away on a Changing night and made a bed in the high grass of the prairie, with their blankets and pillows. When they’d woken up, there had been a mouse, chewing on the pillow between them, and Deen had screamed so loud that Jinny’s ears rang.”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island

“Dear reader who finds this, if I am gone
My name is Jinny
I lived on this island
I loved it
I held on
Too long”
― Laurel Snyder, Orphan Island