Out of the Ashes Quotes

“Beside the billboard advertising “U-Pick” berries at Ealy’s was one that simply claimed JESUS IS THE ANSWER. To what, exactly, I was unsure. Rising opioid deaths, unemployment, white rage. Take your pick.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“You can bury the past, starve it of light and oxygen, but it will still find a way to survive.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“Inside the casino, I saw neither glamour nor Manhattanites. At this hour, many of the patrons were hooked up to oxygen tanks. They sat slack-eyed in front of the slots, feeding the machines their social security checks. Adrenaline hummed”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“Although the Potter Beach Early Risers could not see me, I felt like an intruder. I had no idea what was being discussed at the meeting, but I found myself enraptured with the scene all the same. I thought it was remarkably brave, the act of baring their souls to total strangers, to share the things that had happened in their lives that left them beholden to a molecule.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“Memories were a riptide. Innocent enough on the surface, but let your guard down and next thing you know, you’re drowning in four feet of water.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“This was, perhaps, the ugliest thing about me. People like my aunt, who were so convinced of who they were, made me deeply uncomfortable. They activated my impulse to study their exterior for cracks, to expose their fraud.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“it’s not everyone else’s job to make grieving comfortable”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes

“A Mary-Kay scented hand rested on my shoulder.”
― Kara Thomas, Out of the Ashes