“None of us are any one thing. We’re just a collection of the best and worst things we’ve done.”
―
Chris Whitaker,
We Begin at the End
“I just wish there was a middle, you know. Because that's where people live. It doesn't have to be all or nothing...sink or swim like that. Most people just tread water, and that's enough. Because when you're sinking, you're pulling us down with you.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She saw shells of people, so empty she knew they would not recover.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Hope is secular. And life is fragile. And sometimes we hold on too tight, even though we know it’ll break.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“If the good stand by idle, are they still good?” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She told herself who she was. Duchess Day Radley. Outlaw.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She cried for everything she had lost, and everything he had found.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“He said life means having somebody care enough to protect you.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Most of all she felt tired. Not from the work or the sleep. Just from the wretched hatred that lived so deep inside her.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“At times she felt so far from a place she had never been, like home was somewhere out there and calling, she just did not know how to find it.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Just so sad you could shut the world out and cry and cry til all that's left of you is a pile of clothes on the floor.” ― Chris Whitaker, All the Wicked Girls
“Death has a way of making saints out of mortals.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She chose memories of her mother with great care, seeking only the diamonds among a mountain of coal.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Don’t make me look like a whore.” “I can’t make any promises, sweetheart.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She worried he’d slip behind, old life tugging him back like vines around his feet.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Robin needed people, the cushion of barren names that would keep him from feeling so vulnerable.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“I’m an outlaw,” she said. He took a breath, sadness washed over him. “And you’re a lawman.” He nodded. “I am.” “So fuck off now.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She passed the beds, the forgotten children slept, dead to the world for those precious hours when they could forget their place and occupy another.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“We're all more than the things we do.” ― Chris Whitaker, All The Wicked Girls
“I just wish there was a middle, you know. Because that's where people live. It doesn't have to be all or nothing...sink or swim like that. Most people just tread water, and that's enough. Because when you're sinking, you're pulling us down with you.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She saw shells of people, so empty she knew they would not recover.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Hope is secular. And life is fragile. And sometimes we hold on too tight, even though we know it’ll break.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“If the good stand by idle, are they still good?” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She told herself who she was. Duchess Day Radley. Outlaw.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She cried for everything she had lost, and everything he had found.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“He said life means having somebody care enough to protect you.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Most of all she felt tired. Not from the work or the sleep. Just from the wretched hatred that lived so deep inside her.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“At times she felt so far from a place she had never been, like home was somewhere out there and calling, she just did not know how to find it.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Just so sad you could shut the world out and cry and cry til all that's left of you is a pile of clothes on the floor.” ― Chris Whitaker, All the Wicked Girls
“Death has a way of making saints out of mortals.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She chose memories of her mother with great care, seeking only the diamonds among a mountain of coal.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Don’t make me look like a whore.” “I can’t make any promises, sweetheart.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She worried he’d slip behind, old life tugging him back like vines around his feet.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“Robin needed people, the cushion of barren names that would keep him from feeling so vulnerable.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“I’m an outlaw,” she said. He took a breath, sadness washed over him. “And you’re a lawman.” He nodded. “I am.” “So fuck off now.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“She passed the beds, the forgotten children slept, dead to the world for those precious hours when they could forget their place and occupy another.” ― Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
“We're all more than the things we do.” ― Chris Whitaker, All The Wicked Girls
