A Scatter of Light Quotes

“But here's the important thing when it comes to art. This is what I've learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you...Whatever you're creating may come from within you and your life, but then...it walks away and affects other people you don't know and have never met. That's the beauty of it.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“Somehow the fact that he managed to get my shirt off made him someone the other guys looked up to, but the fact that I had taken my shirt off made me a slut.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“All at once I could see who I was becoming as opposed to who I once was. I was split in two: my future and my past. I wanted to remain here on the edge between my two selves, doubly exposed, all hunger and heart.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“This is what I’ve learned: The art is greater than you and your feelings. You have to serve it. It is not you. Some people will never understand that, but you need to surround yourself with people who do understand it. And you need to understand it yourself. Whatever you’re creating may come from within you and your life, but then—almost like a child, it comes out of your body and it grows up and walks away. It walks away and affects other people you don’t know and have never met. That’s the beauty of it, and the reason I keep trying new things. You never know who it will effect.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“...how we were only a small moment in time. In the scale of the universe, we're just a blip.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“Flowers bloom and die. Stones rise up and are slowly weathered away. People change, too, obviously. We change continuously. We age. Our hair grows. We even shed our skin. This can seem frightening or overwhelming, and I think maybe that’s why we build structures like Stonehenge, or make art like the Sun Tunnels. The stones frame this constant change with the illusion of permanence, and for a moment—while we are watching the sun framed by the stones—for a fleeting second the world seems stable. Beautiful and miraculous. But you know what makes it a miracle? The fact that we are present in that moment, experiencing it fully, before it inevitably changes.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“At sunset, when the sun is low, the light has to travel farther through the atmosphere than it does at noon, when the sun shines straight at us. That means more of the blue and green light is scattered away, leaving predominantly yellows and oranges. That’s why the sun appears redder at sunset. Remember, it’s not actually red. It’s the scattering of light that makes it seem that way to our eyes.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“sunset, when the sun is low, the light has to travel farther through the atmosphere than it does at noon, when the sun shines straight at us. That means more of the blue and green light is scattered away, leaving predominantly yellows and oranges. That’s why”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“That's where it all begins. Wanting to know more.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light

“Beautiful and miraculous. But you know what makes it a miracle? The fact that we are present in that moment, experiencing it fully, before it inevitably changes.”
― Malinda Lo, A Scatter of Light