Cygnet Quotes

“but she said she didn't know; she just reads for pleasure. I knew I was missing something in that statement - I mean, why else do people read novels? - but I didn't push it, and she seemed happy to sit quietly after that.”
― Season Butler, Cygnet

“There was always someone looking at you, but this weirdly constant gaze would always look away long enough to let bad things happen from time to time.”
― Season Butler, Cygnet

“My mother spoke to them sweetly about all my problems, insomnia, trouble concentrating, social anxiety, looking over at me now and then, like she was simply telling them things we talked openly about all the time, some funny, homegrown mystery that had nothing to do with her. My dad rubbed her back or squeezed her shoulder or patter her knee, all sensitive and supportive.”
― Season Butler, Cygnet