Each Night Was Illuminated Quotes

“You asked me why I wrote you all those years," he said suddenly. "You know, I'd seen you around that summer, always hanging back but with this intent look on your face--always quiet but pissed off. And then that day, I saw you wait till everyone had left before you climbed. And turned out you could climb higher than any of them." He smiled. "You know what I was thinking?"

I shook my head.

"I was thinking, this world is full of people making a big deal out of any little thing they do: look at me, look at this cappuccino I'm about to drink, look at me looking good in this hotel lobby. And here was someone who only did her most beautiful things when no one was watching." He paused. "And you're still like that.”
― Jodi Lynn Anderson, Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope

“You'd be good at being angry," he said. "You'd get it right.”
― Jodi Lynn Anderson, Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope

“Studying him, I had time to realize I was scared of him. Spending time with him was like opening a window to get air. I didn't know why he chose me to share his blood with when we were kids. And I supposed that's what happens when someone who awes you also chooses to be insterested in you. You can't help but fear it, and you don't want to let it disappear, and you want to be enough to deserve it. I guessed that was a story as old as time.”
― Jodi Lynn Anderson, Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope

“I'm thinking of things I like about living more than I realized; insane things considering how trivial they are. I like Burger King fries. I like watching my dad listening to Hall & Oates. The smell of new tennis balls. I love this old collection of unicorn stickers I have in a cookie tin in my closet. Maybe this is life flashing before your eyes; maybe it's supposed to be mundane.”
― Jodi Lynn Anderson, Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope