Me Quotes

“Names outgrow you, like a garden left untended; they don’t disappear with the science that keeps our bodies alive.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“The best way to get to know someone,
to get beneath their skin & into the bone,
is to tell a story & offer music.

A story explains who you want to be;
the other shows who you are."
-Moth”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“I have found that the whites of your bones... Are so lovely they should be carved into piano keys.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“I have found that the whites of your bones are so lovely, they should be carved into piano keys.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“The best way to get to know someone, to get beneath their skin & into the bone, is to tell a story & offer music. A story explains who you want to be; the other shows who you are.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Never mourn loud enough to make flowers wilt.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“There are no omens, just balance.
Balance is what brings about magic."
-Grandfather”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Did you need someone to save you, Sani? I needed someone to see me, Moth.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Every iota of greenery & pavement we cross used to be Native land.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Then why do I feel like the dust of your name is buried in my bones?”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Dreams don't change, we just pretend we don't want them anymore.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth

“Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground.”
― Amber McBride, Me: Moth