9 Quotes by Eleanor Morse

Every person alive thinks they are the center of the universe, that they are everything, when in fact each of us is less than nothing.

What is a bird if it can't fly? It might as well be a cockroach.

It seemed that white people were the ones who believed in divine justice. That was because long ago, they'd come with their guns and greed and taken what they wanted. They'd long since forgotten what they'd done, and now they thought the land had always been theirs.

He believed in something larger than himself, but there was no evidence to point to someone or something listening to a man with brown leather shoes and a sweaty shirt. He didn't find this unusual or disturbing. Why should he be noticed when there were so many others to notice? It was like the dry blades of grass at his feet. Every blade was different, reaching for the sky in its own humble way, but from a goat's perspective, they were all the same: something to eat.

By day, Ian was like the stars, there but not there. At night was when the beasts of grief came for her.

The bitter heart eats its owner.

What is a bird if it can’t fly? It might as well be a cockroach.

The world does not wish to be saved. It carries us a short distance and drops us when it’s done with us.

He believed in something larger than himself, but there was no evidence to point to someone or something listening to a man with brown leather shoes and a sweaty shirt. He didn’t find this unusual or disturbing. Why should he be noticed when there were so many others to notice? It was like the dry blades of grass at his feet. Every blade was different, reaching for the sky in its own humble way, but from a goat’s perspective, they were all the same: something to eat.