Fish in a Barrel Quotes

“was daylight at the end of the tunnel. A long, lifetime of a tunnel, into the best, most glorious day.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“Ellery kept his eyes closed, safe in Jackson’s arms, knowing that if Jackson had any say about it, their bodies would be safe and alive for as long as possible. Their hearts would be safe and bound forever.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“Because if it moved faster it would be fascism, Jackson, and we’ve come damned close to that and would rather not.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“Ellery couldn’t ask for anything more. In his entire life, he couldn’t recall ever wanting anything with the purity and the passion that he wanted time, so much more time, with Jackson.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“Witnesses like me are invisible to police anyway. Just another fat brown woman with too many dogs. They didn’t want my opinion.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“I’ve labored my entire life for a better world than this. It’s such a step backward.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“Amal regarded him with that steady adult expression, the new one that had come after the former administration had destroyed everybody’s innocence and COVID had taken their hope. “Just tell me where to apply,” he said.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“like ice cream after a shit pizza. Like a perfect chord after a middle-school band. Like sunshine and rainbows and birds and butterflies after a hurricane.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel

“It’s hard to look for another man when your sky turns black and the world has crumbled up and turned to powder. I don’t have a spare heart in my pocket in case you don’t learn to duck and I lose you. You have to have faith in the world to love, Jackson. You are my faith. Don’t take my faith away from me.”
― Amy Lane, Fish in a Barrel