10 Quotes by Darcie Little Badger

She dreamed that somebody replaced her nerves with puppet strings. The unseen puppeteer resisted every move she made, and Nina was still ensnared when sunlight tickled her eyes open. For weeks, her actions lagged, leaden, as if cement thickened in her marrow, her skull, and her heart-bearing chest.Later, Nina learned the puppeteer’s name: Depression.

Car accidents killed or injured more teens than any other cause, including curses and slippery bathroom floors.

It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping.

Ellie scrutinized her memories of Trevor. There were no clues, no warnings, that hinted at his violent death. If lives were books, his final chapter came too soon and belonged to a different genre.

Dead or alive, dogs could skip from deep-nap-unconscious to awake-and-ready-for-anything almost instantaneously. She envied their skill.

Even if most of the urban legends were fictitious, Ellie had a ghost dog companion. When it came to strange stuff, she could not be too open-minded.

It doesn’t make any difference if you crush just one insect. The swarm will devour your home.

Maybe, sometimes, wants felt like needs. Because the alternative hurt too bad.

It’s hard to know that you’re flying too high until the feathers start dropping.