49 Quotes by Erika Swyler

Headaches were like birds. Starlings. They could be perfectly calm, then a single acorn could drop and send the entire flock to the sky.

Why the hell don’t people understand there are some things you don’t talk about? You keep it to yourself so you hurt fewer people. You’re supposed to pay with guilt. Guilt is penance.

Nothing made you angry like missing someone.

Half the charm in old books is the marks of living they acquire;.

She just got sad, okay? Unbearably sad.

The book is open, spine cracked, abused in a way no one with respect for paper should ever do.

Hard thoughts are held in small words.

He’s broken, but not broken enough.

I was taught to watch for gentle souls, as they’ve not the wit to look after themselves.