Sweep Quotes

“That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“And even though they had eaten nothing, the girl still ended her day with a belly full of story—which sticks to the ribs even better than mutton.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“That’s what it is to care for a person,” Toby said. There was not even a hint of mocking in his voice. “If you’re not afraid, you’re not doing it right.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I've always admired a person who can admit to not knowing something. Most people smile and nod and pretend they know everything for fear of being caught out. But those people only ensure their ignorance.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“You can’t have courage without fear, any more than you can have a ray of light without shadows.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“There is old proverb from my childhood. "Say not in grief 'He is no more,' but live in the thankfulness that he was.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Gifts are meant to be left behind, not waved under a person's nose like a boast. It's a very private thing to open a present, and a person deserves to do it in his own way.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I suppose I am remembering Passover as a way to remind myself that the struggle for freedom is as old as time. That there are always others who yet need to be delivered.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“The best way to inspire a love of reading is to read something you love . . . even if it is difficult.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“In a moment of terrible heartbreak, he (The Sweep) had taught her to see wonder.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“There is a lesson here. Just because a book makes you feel bad does not mean it is bad.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“We save ourselves by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I’ve always admired a person who can admit to not knowing something. Most people smile and nod and pretend they know everything for fear of being caught out. But those people only ensure their ignorance”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“A soot golem may be a very nice creature,” he said slowly. “But I think I would rather be just Charlie.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Gifts are meant to be left behind, not waved under a person’s nose like a boast. It’s a very private thing to open a present, and a person deserves to do it in his own way.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“The late-autumn sky was a cauldron of swirling gray. There was a smell of ash and mischief in the air. Dead leaves danced across the streets like brittle phantoms.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“That’s what it is to care for a person...If you’re not afraid, you’re not doing it right.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I had to stay alive—no matter how bad things got. Because if I died, then there would be no one to keep an eye out for Nan Sparrow.” He looked up at the sky. It was just clear enough to make out the faint glimmer of moonlight. “That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“If we all could just ignore the way other people looked, then we could see who they really were.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Courage is feeling fear and facing it head-on.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Say not in grief ‘He is no more,’ but live in the thankfulness that he was.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I’m afraid,” Nan said. “Afraid he . . . afraid I . . .” She shook her head. “What if I can’t protect him?” “That’s what it is to care for a person,” Toby said. There was not even a hint of mocking in his voice. “If you’re not afraid, you’re not doing it right.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“I’ve always admired a person who can admit to not knowing something. Most people smile and nod and pretend they know everything for fear of being caught out. But those people only ensure their ignorance.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“So Nan told Charlie about the whole thing. How the baby Jesus was born in a basket and how a wicked king tried to kidnap him but then a big bearded angel named Father Christmas fought the king. “And then he tossed the baby Jesus down the chimney of a girl named Mary, and that was the first Christmas present.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Who says I'm never afraid? Of course I'm afraid. You can't have courage without fear, any more than you can have a ray of light without shadows." He sounded much more awake now. "Some things are frightening, and only a fool wouldn't be afraid of them." He scratched the back of his head. The girl wondered if he was thinking about the charity men, too. "Courage is feeling fear and facing it head-on.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Just Charlie is plenty good enough for me.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“That's what it is to care for a person," Toby said. There was not a hint of mocking in his voice. "If you're not afraid you're not doing it right.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Her gaze moved to Charlie's frozen face, which seemed to be watching them. "Even now, you're a protector," she said to him. "They're lucky to have you.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Feathers and bone without and within,
I am that this and that once again.
Borne aloft among the winds,
I encircle new life within my limbs,
I bear the seed that bears the seed -
And by spring's end, small mouths I'll feed!
What am I?”
― Jonathan Auxier , Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster