Black Light
Kimberly King Parsons
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Being alone never bothered me back then. I'd step out into my yard at any hour with a cold beer and a feeling like I could walk as far as I'd like and be just fine, nobody to hurt me, nobody I could use to hurt myself.”
“You are sweet and smart and definitely not extremely strange. You are lovable and deserving of love--everybody is.”
“We were ruined, permanently, and this was one of many signs to come, a message meant for me especially, glowing neon gas that said: LET HER GO.”
“There is a not-small part of me that can't help but see a thing through to its disappointing end.”
“Every mother rages sometimes--this is called "parenting.”
“know there’s nothing to be afraid of—death is just a countdown to the calm—”
“When she lets it, Trish's voice puts a fullness in you that is beautiful and awful, makes you feel like a glass of something waiting to be spilled.”
“They're all so fragile," I say. I mean the strange heads in front of us, other people waiting for the lights to go out.”
“Suki and me, we're hungry and mean. We've got bitter jewels buzzing in our guts. They're bright and gaudy, and we couldn't ignore them if we wanted to. We don't want to. It's the starving that makes us glow--the gimcrack ache, that's what Suki calls this.”
“She's really not much of an actress, but she enchants people just the same. I've seen strangers stop what they're doing to watch her shake sugar into her tea.”
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Book Keywords:
humanity, love, lovable, girl, alone, relationships, deserving, tea, mother, parenting, short-stories, loneliness, quirks
