The Girl in White Quotes

“Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Today is October first. It barged in on a gust of chilly air with red and orange leaves on its heels. Morning fog settled over our narrow streets like a cold, wet blanket, and everyone—and I mean everyone—is already wearing their chunkiest sweaters. For most people I know, October isn’t just the end of T-shirts and flip-flops; it’s the beginning of the best month of the year. Halloween month.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“A hand slips into mine…Joshua’s hand. I might have imagined this moment once or twice (or a dozen times) before, but it wasn’t like this. It was scary and awkward, but this, this feels normal. Like the most broken-in pair of Converse shoes in the world. Joshua meets my eyes and smiles. I smile back. Maybe I’m not so cursed after all.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“As the ribbon falls away, so do my fears. My frustrations. My resentment. All the bad feelings about being moved to this tiny town on the edge of the ocean are gone, replaced with a sense of belonging.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Their obsession with Sweet Molly has faded, and things feel different around here, like the whole town finally woke up from a very long strange dream. People are finally celebrating Liam for who he was and what he did, not for the agony his sister went through when he died. Of course, my parents are still doing their coffin-through-the-wall bit at The Hill, and Eastport still has more graveyards than schools, but still. It’s progress!”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“EASTPORT MARITIME MUSEUM Beneath the sign is a logo. The new and improved Eastport logo. My jaw drops. I knew that Joshua was working on it and that it was going to be amazing—like him—but I didn’t expect this. It’s incredible. In the center there’s a ship skimming across smooth turquoise waters. There’s a man at the helm. When I squint, I can see that he’s wearing a compass. The compass. Liam!”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“After Molly snapped her fingers at the harbor six months ago, she vanished. Nothing was left but waves, rocks, and a lighthouse that looks a lot less spooky than it used to.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“She slowly raises her hand as if to point at me again. I cringe and hold my breath. Instead of pointing, though, her bony fingers come together in one… final… snap.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“I’m sorry, Molly,” I say into the microphone. “I’m sorry that no one listened to you. I’m sorry that Liam died. And I’m sorry about all this—” Spreading my hands out over the crowd, I shake my head somberly. “You don’t deserve this. Neither did he.” Shrugging my bag off, I dig in it until I find the compass then lift it into the air. “Liam Marshall was a hero. I won’t let anyone forget that from now on. I promise.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Sweet Molly has a message for Eastport Money is never the answer, you see For Liam was a hero to this town Reverse the course or you’ll never be free The moment I stop reading, a flash of white by the lighthouse catches my eye. “It’s her! Molly!” Someone in the crowd shrieks.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“She targeted him after he moved here. Joshua even said so himself. Then his mother was elected to the council and started planning events—events that just made Molly’s problems worse. So, she looked for someone else. That someone else ended up being me.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Wait. She targeted me. Out of all the people in Eastport, Molly chose me. Maybe the biggest clue to solving this mystery has never been holes in the sand or paint on my bathroom mirror. Maybe it was me.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Tears prick at my eyes. This is all wrong. None of it was supposed to happen this way. I got caught breaking into the bait shop. Joshua is out there on a boat that is fighting to stay anchored. And now the fog machine has completely failed.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“I run a finger over the cold metal of my camera, telling myself that no matter what happens, I stood up for Molly. Deep down, I think I might’ve agreed to this plan even if she wasn’t threatening us. Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important… It’s the right thing to do, even if it’s hard. And this is definitely going to be hard.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“They had a ghoulish cartoon version of Sweet Molly in the center, with a poem beneath. Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the shadows Now Sweet Molly is coming for ye”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“When the lightning flashes a second time, Molly is gone. I flatten both palms against the cold window and sweep my gaze over every section of the harbor. She’s not by the bait shop. Not by the rocks. She’s not anywhere. Where is she? I turn away from the window, freezing as a scraping sound starts up at the door. My mouth goes dry. No. It can’t be. I hold my breath and listen hard.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“You’ve heard of the calm before the storm, right? Well, I had a night with no bad dreams, and I told Mallory maybe that’s what that was. Then the very next day, she had a nightmare about a terrible storm.” Joshua looks at me nervously. “If Mallory’s dream was a foreshadowing of what will happen during the anniversary celebration, then maybe all of these smaller storms are… I don’t know…the lead-up?”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Joshua’s forehead is so wrinkled up he looks like my aunt’s shar-pei. “You mean play along.” “Yes! You and Bri will pretend to do everything they want, but on the day of the actual performance, you won’t follow their script. You’ll follow ours.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“The truth is the only thing that will fix all of this. You said that. Do you remember?”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Never thought I’d still be thinking about that quote months later, but here I am. Joshua is begging his mother to listen to him, just like Molly begged this town to listen to her. They’re making the exact same mistakes they made two hundred years ago when they ignored her and sent Liam out to sea in a storm.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“I had that feeling too, remember? The calm before the storm feeling? I didn’t know a real storm was coming but—” “But we’ve been connected since the beginning, so this makes sense,” I finish for him. “Our dreams. Our sleepwalking. And now this.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“We’re newer and less into the legends than everyone else here. We’re her best chance at making some real change, and she knows it.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“It’s all Molly,” Joshua answers without missing a beat. “Every single one is about Molly.” “Bingo. Think about it. The anniversary celebration is different. It’s about Liam. A Harbor Point student is going to play Molly’s brother in the reenactment. He’ll sail away from the dock as hundreds, maybe thousands, of people watch. They’ll cheer and eat churros and wave their balloon animals. They’ll act like the worst day in Molly’s entire life is something to celebrate.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Mom said that Bri wears her heart on her sleeve. I didn’t know what that meant before, but I think I do now. If Bri is upset, she’s going to show it. And judging by how red her face is right now, she’s not just upset—she’s mad.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Molly was never talking about her brother and his boat. She was talking about this town. The way they act.” “Eastport’s course,” Joshua whispers. “Her brother died tragically. And now this entire town celebrates it. They reenact it.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“Bri keeps saying she feels bad for Molly,” I start. “I think I actually get it now.” The words from my mother’s monologue at The Hill pop into my head. They’re angry and looking for revenge. She’s talking about the spirit of the person whose eternal rest was disturbed when the coffin burst through the dining room wall. But what about Molly’s eternal rest? How can her spirit move on and be at peace when all of Eastport won’t let her? She’s on almost every key chain, coffee mug, and T-shirt they sell in this town. Now she’s turned into a lawn decoration too?”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“The example below it reads our wisest course is to retreat.” Retreat. Reverse. Act differently. But who? Who does Molly want to act differently?”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“The example below it reads our wisest course is to retreat.” Retreat. Reverse. Act differently.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

“He turns the page. “A chosen manner of conducting oneself: a way of acting.”
― Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White