Parachutes Quotes

“Do you ever get the feeling like everyone’s looking at you but no one actually sees you?”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“Welcome to America! Where everyone walks around in gym clothes and nobody goes to the gym!”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like? Moments of happiness punctured by the memory of what happened, like a bomb which can detonate at any time.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“Girl, justice is something Americans invented to sell movies”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“As she starts the car, I put my feet up on the dash. Two girls from opposite sides of the earth, emerging from the ashes, stronger.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“Tomorrow, she'll get up and say a bunch of woke words she doesn't believe, and everyone will clap and smile and feel good about themselves, while the world continues to spin in the sexist, racist, classist mess that it is.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“The worst thing that can happen to me has already happened.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“the first moment underwater. It reminds you that you still have control, even if it feels like your life is spinning out of control. All you have do is kick, and you’ll be back on top.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes

“make it in this world, even if all those around me are cheating.”
― Kelly Yang, Parachutes