Quiet Ones Quotes

“I'm not the best choice for her. I'm not a choice at all. But twenty-thousand breaths and they're all going to be for her.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“Making her mad at me wasn’t something I enjoyed—especially when I couldn’t explain to her why I needed to leave—but I had to admit, she was the only one who made me second-guess leaving. The only one who made me feel like I needed to stay.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“She was thirteen, and I gave her the hat to ease the guilt, but then she traded me the compass to make sure l'd return someday. The weight of it sits against my thigh inside my pocket.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“Unfortunately, l'd lied to Lance. I had been looking. Before I knew who she was and saw her running around the track. And I'd really liked looking.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“We were always the odd ones out around her family. She gravitated to me, and I always made sure she wasn't alone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“I needed to get out of here. I was lying to her. I was lying to everyone. I had no intention of returning, even for the baseball cap. I just didn’t want her to hate me. She was the only person who still thought I was something.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“I turn and leave, resisting the urge to look back at him, because my brothers are watching, and I already know what they’ll think. Lucas Morrow and I are too old to play together now.”
― Penelope Douglas, Quiet Ones

“I’m not the best choice for her. I’m not a choice at all.
But twenty-thousand breaths and they’re all going to be for her.”
― Penelope Douglas , Quiet Ones