“It's not one of the posed shots- it's one he didn't even realize had been taken, one he definitely didn't think would be released. He should have given the photographer more credit. He managed to capture the moment right when Henry cracked a joke, a candid, genuine photo, completely caught up in each other, Henry's arm around him and his own hand reaching up to grasp for Henry's on his shoulder.The way Henry's looking at him in the picture is so affectionate, so openly loving, that seeing it from a third person perspective almost makes Alex want to look away, like he's staring into the sun. He called Henry the North Star once. That wasn't bright enough.”
―
Casey McQuiston,
Red, White & Royal Blue
“If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken. If you play outside alone, soon you won’t be going home. If your window’s left unlatched, you’ll hear him tapping at the glass. If you’re lonely, sad, and blue, the Whisper Man will come for you.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“Courage is not the absence of fear, Pete knew. Courage requires fear.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“The devil finds work for idle hands. Bad thoughts find empty heads.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“My uncle Alex Vonnegut, a Harvard-educated life insurance salesman who lived at 5033 North Pennsylvania Street, taught me something very important. He said that when things were really going well we should be sure to NOTICE it. He was talking about simple occasions, not great victories: maybe drinking lemonade on a hot afternoon in the shade, or smelling the aroma of a nearby bakery; or fishing, and not caring if we catch anything or not, or hearing somebody all alone playing a piano really well in the house next door. Uncle Alex urged me to say this out loud during such epiphanies: "If this isn't nice, what is?” ― Kurt Vonnegut
“Have no fear of your ambitions.Stare them in the face ,fulfill them.Remember nothing is impossible...” ― Alex Rutherford, Raiders from the North
“The way Henry's looking at him in the picture is so affectionate, so openly loving, that seeing it from a third person's perspective almost makes Alex want to look away, like he's staring into the sun. He called Henry the North Star once. That wasn't bright enough.” ― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
“When there was something awful that had to be faced, it was better to face it immediately; as bad as the event might be, it would occur regardless, and at least that way you wouldn’t have to endure the anticipation as well.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“It's impossible to know if he moves first or if Henry does, but they meet in the middle of the room, Henry's arms around Alex's neck, swallowing him up. If Henry's voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex's neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north.” ― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
“That was the thing about going to sleep. It kind of scrubbed things. Arguments, worries, whatever. You could be scared or upset about something, and you might think sleep was impossible, but at some point it happened, and when you woke up in the morning the feeling was gone for awhile, like a storm passed during the night.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“Absence of evidence was not evidence of absence.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“Perhaps life was just a matter of doing what you thought was best at the time and then living with the consequences as best you could afterward.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“The only ghosts that existed were in your head. They spoke through you, not to you.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“The butterflies didn’t have a choice, after all. That’s what things do. Even in the toughest of circumstances, they keep living.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“But everything is okay until it isn’t. People are there, large as life and taken for granted, and then they aren’t.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“There were always so many reasons to drink, though. Only ever one real reason not to.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“but grief is a stew with a thousand ingredients, and not all of them are palatable.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“As you get older, it [time] all begins to blur into one. You start to think life was never any kind of straight line. It was always more of a ... scribble.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“Guilt. Fear. Anger. Once loose, any one of them would charge off, dragging the others along like dogs chained in a pack. And that was no good at all.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken. If you play outside alone, soon you won’t be going home. If your window’s left unlatched, you’ll hear him tapping at the glass. If you’re lonely, sad, and blue, the Whisper Man will come for you.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“Courage is not the absence of fear, Pete knew. Courage requires fear.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“The devil finds work for idle hands. Bad thoughts find empty heads.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“My uncle Alex Vonnegut, a Harvard-educated life insurance salesman who lived at 5033 North Pennsylvania Street, taught me something very important. He said that when things were really going well we should be sure to NOTICE it. He was talking about simple occasions, not great victories: maybe drinking lemonade on a hot afternoon in the shade, or smelling the aroma of a nearby bakery; or fishing, and not caring if we catch anything or not, or hearing somebody all alone playing a piano really well in the house next door. Uncle Alex urged me to say this out loud during such epiphanies: "If this isn't nice, what is?” ― Kurt Vonnegut
“Have no fear of your ambitions.Stare them in the face ,fulfill them.Remember nothing is impossible...” ― Alex Rutherford, Raiders from the North
“The way Henry's looking at him in the picture is so affectionate, so openly loving, that seeing it from a third person's perspective almost makes Alex want to look away, like he's staring into the sun. He called Henry the North Star once. That wasn't bright enough.” ― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
“When there was something awful that had to be faced, it was better to face it immediately; as bad as the event might be, it would occur regardless, and at least that way you wouldn’t have to endure the anticipation as well.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“It's impossible to know if he moves first or if Henry does, but they meet in the middle of the room, Henry's arms around Alex's neck, swallowing him up. If Henry's voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex's neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north.” ― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue
“That was the thing about going to sleep. It kind of scrubbed things. Arguments, worries, whatever. You could be scared or upset about something, and you might think sleep was impossible, but at some point it happened, and when you woke up in the morning the feeling was gone for awhile, like a storm passed during the night.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“Absence of evidence was not evidence of absence.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“Perhaps life was just a matter of doing what you thought was best at the time and then living with the consequences as best you could afterward.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“The only ghosts that existed were in your head. They spoke through you, not to you.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“The butterflies didn’t have a choice, after all. That’s what things do. Even in the toughest of circumstances, they keep living.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“But everything is okay until it isn’t. People are there, large as life and taken for granted, and then they aren’t.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“There were always so many reasons to drink, though. Only ever one real reason not to.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“but grief is a stew with a thousand ingredients, and not all of them are palatable.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
“As you get older, it [time] all begins to blur into one. You start to think life was never any kind of straight line. It was always more of a ... scribble.” ― Alex North, The Shadows
“Guilt. Fear. Anger. Once loose, any one of them would charge off, dragging the others along like dogs chained in a pack. And that was no good at all.” ― Alex North, The Whisper Man
