The Whisperling Quotes

“There is a strange sort of silence in the moments after a disaster, pierced only by the weeping of those that have lost the ones they love.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“Young girls are the ghosts of society, it seems.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“An inadequate education is a terrible burden on a child.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“It's a skill to temper what you wish to say with what other folk can cope with hearing.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“So many people turn a blind eye it's a wonder they don't all bump into each other while they're ignoring all the bad things that go on.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“If Sally were here, she´d tell me to stop worriting until whatever it is slaps me in the chops, because worriting changes nothing and the sky will fall in on a person whether they´ve a smile on their fizzog or a grizzle in their guts, so you may as well be happy while you are able.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“What I mean is, this won´t be the last time we unsettle men, Peggy, simply by virtue of the fact we´re women.



(peggys mom)”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“Maybe family is not made by blood alone. Perhaps love is enough.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“How sad to be more vibrant in death than in life!”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“The burn. It’s one of the first things a whisperling learns about. When a person is on the point of death, that’s when their spirit is at its most powerful, its most vibrant, like the flame of a freshly struck match. That’s why it’s called the burn. Burn bright, burn fast, burn out.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling

“I didn’t realize it before, but if you are quiet for long enough you can hear the rattle of someone’s irritation.”
― Hayley Hoskins, The Whisperling