Jandy Nelson Quotes - Page 4

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• How could a mother who boils water for pasta leave two little girls behind?

  Jandy Nelson

  Girl, Mother, Two

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• Years ago, I was crashed in gram’s garden and Big asked me what I was doing. I told him I was looking up at the sky. He said, “That’s a misconception, Lennie, the sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.

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  Garden, Years, Sky

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.80, Penguin

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• I heard this expression once: Each time someone dies, a library burns. I'm watching it burn right to the ground.

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  Expression, Library, Heard

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.101, Penguin

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• I can't shove the dark out of my way.

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  Dark, Way, My Way

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.78, Penguin

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• Life’s a freaking mess… there’s not one truth ever, just a bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It’s all a beautiful calamitous mess.

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  Beautiful, Heart, Cacophony

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.156, Penguin

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• My grandmother thinks it's really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what'll be inside: e.e. cummings, flower petals, a handful of buttons. She seems to have lost sight of the original purpose of the brown bag." - Lennie "Or maybe she thinks other forms of nourishment are more important." - Joe

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  Flower, Grandmother, Thinking

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.36, Penguin

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• For the first time in our lives, I’m somewhere she can’t find, and I don’t have the map to give her that leads to me.

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  Giving, Maps, Firsts

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.27, Penguin

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• But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks?

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  Heart, What If, Break

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.63, Penguin

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• Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.

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  People, Stories, Meant To Be

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