Hazel and Gray Quotes

“But the thing about people who are perceived to be unexceptional is that they are frequently underestimated.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“Gray cared because he hadn’t been cared for. He was attentive because he’d wanted someone to pay attention.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“A rich, white widower (according to him) taking interest in a black woman without a cent to her name made perfect sense, once you saw Hazel’s mother. Her beauty made her a prize.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“The trouble started some six months back, when Hazel’s mother began seeing a monster.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“Hänsel said to Grethel, “We shall soon find the way,” but they did not find it. They walked the whole night and all the next day too from morning till evening, but they did not get out of the forest . . . —“Hänsel and Grethel,” translated by Margaret Raine Hunt”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“It was supposed to be a simple picnic. It'd been two months since Hazel, on her stepfather's orders, broke things off with Gray.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“She’d learned to shift and bend for the sake of avoiding”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“The trouble started some six months back”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“Hänsel said to Grethel”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“But for now, they’re just two kids who got lost in the woods. He strips down and jumps into the river.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“The girl in red—Garnet, she was called—takes in Hazel and Gray’s disheveled appearance. And she scrunches her nose. “Jesus.” Hazel clears her throat. “Sorry to interrupt your—” “Party’s downstairs. The door’s at the end of the hall.” And she steps out of the house and walks around them. “Don’t let the Grande Dame see you, though. Y’all are mad underdressed.” Her shoes click down the steps.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“There’s a rough road ahead for Hazel and Gray, Gray knows. But for now, they’re just two kids who got lost in the woods.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“And when Gray recognized his stepfather’s face in profile, he’d almost leaped up from the table.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“But the thing about people who are perceived to be unexceptional is that they are frequently underestimated. Gray’s greatest strength is his grayness—that uncanny ability to be nothing special, to fade into the background, blend into the landscape.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“His voice made Hazel think of a square of butter gliding across the top of a warm biscuit. Too perfect. And then his strange eyes trekked over the hills and valleys of Hazel’s terrain.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“Hazel didn’t like it, but she also didn’t object. So well-adjusted to . . . adjusting was Hazel that she always complied without a hint of resistance.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray