The Quiet and the Loud Quotes

“Leaving so soon? the water says. But we were just getting started.”
― Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

“Ugh. Words. If only I could paint what I mean or turn it into water - then I could move over the surface of the story as it spoke.
I need to talk.
I want to talk.”
― Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

“And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark.
We are two girls, suspended.
Timeless. Immense. Untouchable.”
― Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud

“His voice sounds like empty space. His voice lifts from his body in Seattle, shards up through clouds and the dead light of stars, thunks against a satellite, topples and tumbles towards me, ready to slam me flat.”
― Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud