Quotes by Laura Anderson Kurk, Glass Girl

“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones. But there was nothing to be done for this. We couldnt cha...”

“Sometimes, in the stillness of my room, my moms voice came to me, repeating things shed said for months. Like, My skin is melting off my face, isnt it? And, My whole body feels dead from the crap t...”

“It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when were deprived of something meaningful.”

“My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. Shed set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way. Id begun to notice her less and less often, like her colors were fading and blending in ...”

“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I cant explain how relieved I felt for this simple mercy. She was here and safe on clean sheets.”

“When Dad was in the middle of a description of the hotels laundry facility, I interrupted. Why havent you told me today, like you do every day, that Moms going to be better soon?He looked up then. ...”

“But I understood, now, that we dont live only for ourselves. Were connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied together with compassion. I learned that even when ...”

“We all think when were young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.I smiled and she chuckled. But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies, she said. When we wise...”

“Most kids grow sullen and angry when theyre working through issues, but Thanet mustered up another kind of bull-headed strength. The kind that sees beyond circumstances to what really matters. How ...”

“Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we dont even know were making, theyre so dull or routine or automatic. Some are beyond explanationlike my mom choosing Wyatts memory over Dad and me.”

“Wyatt told me once that if tenderness were a disease, Id be terminal.”

“Hearing my brothers words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the losswild and wired with no place to put those feelings.”

“The ice cold fear Id felt, not knowing if Wyatt was alive, pressed into the wall with other girls and surrounded by guys who were unspeakably brave, hit my body again in a wave. This was traumathe ...”

“We bumped into other silent lines of kids going in the same direction. We looked like we were much younger and our lines were headed to the cafeteria or recess or the carpool line. Or it couldve be...”

“It was the first time I discovered that some girls actually sneak out of the house during slumber parties and meet up with boys. I wouldve never known if I hadnt gone to the bathroom at midnight an...”

“Meg, he whispered. It wouldnt be real love if there werent the possibility for another response to him. If we couldnt choose not to love him, then our love would be empty. Thats why theres evil in ...”

“I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When youre alone and afraid, the simple sound of the steady in and out of air being drawn by another person is good medicine.”

“Heres what I learned about life when we were going through that. Were all human and mortal. Were all going to suffer and die. But its how we are with each other during those times that proves Gods ...”

“I found I could only glance at him for tiny moments and then I had to look away. He was perfect enough to hurt my feelings for a long time, and I wanted to let him.”

“Then let me be your mercy, he said. Ill never be able to give you smart answers about why we suffer, but I can come into your world and try to be some kind of help to you.”