63 Quotes by Caroline B. Cooney

How terrifying empty beds were. The neatness of the sheets and blankets was like the neatness of a mowed and trimmed graveyard.

Listen to the sea...it sounds like a coffin being dragged over broken glass.

The sea can smack the rocks like a hand smacking a cheek. It can hiss or gurgle or even kiss. But when it wants, it can go quiet. 'And then', said Anya Rothrock, 'you can hear the voices of the drowned'.

How can you be somebody else's savior, when you can't be your own?

What would she have? Coke, said Annie. And when she tasted the familiar drink, how much less scary the world was, and how much less frightening her task.

Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.

Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered.

Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you.

When in doubt, shut up.