Blue Running Quotes

“I was like two ends of a ribbon, a bow untied. Frayed at the ends.  I could never tie it back for Marla, never pretend to be a perfect daughter. This time, I'd abandoned her and all her dreams, and that was terrible. But I'd tied the other end of the ribbon to Jet, and I would sacrifice everything not to let go of her”
― Lori Ann Stephens, Blue Running

“She swallowed, then set her burger down and looked right into me, past my eyes and into the real Blue. "Every child deserves to have a home. Every child deserves a safe place to live and good food and clean clothes and an education and spiritual guidance. And love, Chris. It's not your fault that you're alone.”
― Lori Ann Stephens, Blue Running

“Listen up. Airlines never cared for but two things: greed and regulations. They didn't like the Secession, but they sure stuck around long as there was money to be made. Hiked their rates so high nobody could afford to fly and then blamed it on the Republic. And then those fake regulations about firearms. Unconstitutional! I mean, nobody's going to hijack a plane if everybody's armed”
― Lori Ann Stephens, Blue Running

“Daw wasn't capable of taking care of himself, much less me. I'd been taking care of him for years. Tucking him in, sewing him up, hiding the bills. Cooking, cleaning, tossing out dead mice and resetting the traps. And I hardly ever got angry with him because Daw was cracked and it wasn't his fault. But I was cracked too now, and it was like my insides were leaking through. All the love and worry and fear and regret, all of everything I hoped Daw would do for me one day, was floating away”
― Lori Ann Stephens, Blue Running

“The God's truth was the truth the Republic lived by, the truth on the TVs and at schools, the truth written all over our constitution after the Great Secession. The Plain truth, which Daw grunted about at home after a few beers, was a little more raw. The Plain truth always seemed to be followed by bribery and lies and corruption, which made Daw fume. I didn't understand half the things Daw ranted about, but I knew that the God's truth wasn't always the whole truth”
― Lori Ann Stephens, Blue Running