What the Dead Know Quotes

“There was something desperate about them, and she fought down her unease, because if she and Vasyl bailed on every job that gave her a bad feeling, they would never work,”
― Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know

“She tried to lie back down, but her heart took a while to slow, and when it did, she found herself lying awake. She was exhausted, but her body was restless, humming like the wires that webbed the skly in Chicago. Sometimes, she imagined rising up to touch those wires, letting the city's power course through her until she lit up like a firefly herself,never to be dark, never to be dead, though of course, she would be...”
― Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know

“He looked disheveled, still in his clothes, and there was a packet of papers in his hands. She moved to the side of the hall, giving him ample room to pass to the earth closet, but he was still watching her, an intent look in his eyes. There was a calculation, some equation that involved a foreign woman who didn't speak English, and then his gaza sharpened like a spike. He saw her look at the letters in his hand, and his face hardened. Something had been decided, and her stomach lurched.”
― Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know