Sing Anyway Quotes

“Maybe when someone saw the essence of you, it would be wrong to let that go.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“Show me your quiet parts, Lily. You have no idea how much I would like to be maybe-a-little-boring together.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“They were small things, in the end. Pronouns were such tiny words. A dab of makeup, when I felt like it. A different piece of fabric. But it was so nice. Having options.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“A perfect picture: Lily in the Fall. I wanted to cuddle her to death.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“Mm.” They kissed my forehead. “Either way, I find it very hard to believe that you will disappoint me. Show me your quiet parts, Lily. You have no idea how much I would like to be maybe-a-little-boring together.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“I had expected their office to be sterile. A cubicle, maybe. But the only light in the room emanated from a lamp on Sam’s desk, casting everything—casting Sam—in a warm, golden glow. I wanted to climb them like a tree.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“Come on, Sam. You’re always spellbound when she sings. And there was also the fact that the last time we were at Moonie’s, at the end of the night when you were really drunk, you kept talking about how you wanted her to step on your face. Or something. I don’t remember the exact phrasing, but it was entertaining.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“That’s all history is. Knowing that you know nothing, but being stubborn enough to still want to try to learn something, if you can.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“But even though I had stopped drinking after that last gin & tonic at the bar, I kept getting drunker on Sam anyway, like they were seeping steadily into my bloodstream with each open admission of vulnerability, each shy smile, each horribly belted song.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“When something really fits,” she said carefully, “You suddenly realize how much energy you’ve been unconsciously devoting to not fitting.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway

“I was very good at being thirsty. Less successful at the actual drinking part.”
― Anita Kelly, Sing Anyway