Bittersweet in the Hollow Quotes

“Maybe it's innate in some of us to be drawn to the unknown, to both fear and desire it in equal parts.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“We can't let the actions of a few hate-filled cowards change us. If we hide who we are to make others comfortable, we lose everything we're fighting for anyway.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Love is worth fighting for. And if not for the bitter, we'd miss the magic of the sweet.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“And as much as I want to forget, I know that sometimes secrets are seeds, just waiting for the right conditions to sprout. The deeper you bury them, the stronger they grow.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Sometimes there is no right path. There are only different paths, and you have to make a choice.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Sometimes sisters grow apart, they argue, they disagree. But we need each other, maybe more than most.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Mama is always doing stuff like that: fixing, mending, making the broken more beautiful than it had ever been before.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“It’s empathy that has the power to change the world.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“The Appalachians are among the oldest mountains in the world, once connected to the same ancient range as the Scottish Highlands. These hills and hollows are where legends and lore thrive, alive and well. Mine is a story of being lost for a night in the vastness of the National Forest, of fearing the unknown and what may be hiding in shadows of the deepest dark. But make no mistake, it’s far from the only mystery held beneath these ancient peaks.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“We all think we’re trying to protect each other, but really we’re just keeping secrets.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Emotions are complicated things. Sometimes a strong flavor, like anger or sadness, hides a whole host of others underneath--guilt, fear, hurt, nostalgia. Yet other times they enhance each other, like salt to caramel or coffee to chocolate, like grief bringing into sharper focus the shame of letting a friendship fade away.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“When you love someone, it gives them a sort of power over you.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Maybe our bodies hold memories, too, written in the bone, woven between sinew, hidden beneath the skin.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Leave it to Gran to think of people's stomachs as much as their souls.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Even people who don't believe in anything tend to get superstitious around death, and when they do, they come to Gran.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“I once read that there's a correlation between an increase in temperature and in brutality. That hotter summers are violent ones.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“Tragedy brings out the truth in people, Linden. There are those in this world who will lift up and support people who are hurting, and there are those who will gleefully tear them down. That’s the hardest part of this job, to see the worst of people.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“the night of the Moth Festival, graduating seniors and their friends go to the place in the Forest where Elam McCoy is said to have disappeared and call out to the Moth-Winged Man three times. If he appears, he might grant you your deepest desire. Or he might mark you for death. It’s become more than a tradition; it’s a rite of passage. Everyone dares each other to do it, but last year I was the only one foolish enough to try.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“We are strong mountain women.
We're going to stop believing the lies the world tells us about who we are and letting them make us small. Because I know who you are, each one of you, and I didn't raise you to be small.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“don’t want them to hang their heads, but I don’t want them to risk their necks to prove how high we can hold them, either.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“We’re going to stop believing the lies the world tells us about who we are and letting them make us small.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow

“It’s been months since he moved out. I should be used to it by now, but it all happened so fast, and seeing the things he left behind still feels disorienting, like a glimpse into a different life.”
― Kate Pearsall, Bittersweet in the Hollow