“I wasn't aware that words could hold so much. I didn't know a sentence could be so full.”
―
Delia Owens,
Where the Crawdads Sing
“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Unworthy boys make a lot of noise” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“If anyone would understand loneliness, the moon would.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness?” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She laughed for his sake, something she’d never done. Giving away another piece of herself just to have someone else.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“How much do you trade to defeat loneliness?” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Time ensures children never know their parents young.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Female fireflies draw in strange males with dishonest signals and eat them; mantis females devour their own mates. Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Faces change with life's toll, but eyes remain a window to what was...” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar. Reflecting sunlight, they swirled and sailed and fluttered on the wind drafts.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She could read anything now, he said, and once you can read anything you can learn everything. It was up to her. “Nobody's come close to filling their brains,” he said. “We're all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She whispered a verse by Amanda Hamilton:You came again,blinding my eyeslike the shimmer of sun upon the sea.Just as I feel freethe moon casts your face upon the sill.Each time I forget youyour eyes haunt my heart and it falls still.And so farewelluntil the next time you come,until at last I do not see you.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Please don't talk to me about isolation. No one has to tell me how it changes a person. I have lived it. I am isolation," Kya whispered with a slight edge.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Unworthy boys make a lot of noise” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“If anyone would understand loneliness, the moon would.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness?” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She laughed for his sake, something she’d never done. Giving away another piece of herself just to have someone else.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“How much do you trade to defeat loneliness?” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Time ensures children never know their parents young.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Female fireflies draw in strange males with dishonest signals and eat them; mantis females devour their own mates. Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Faces change with life's toll, but eyes remain a window to what was...” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar. Reflecting sunlight, they swirled and sailed and fluttered on the wind drafts.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She could read anything now, he said, and once you can read anything you can learn everything. It was up to her. “Nobody's come close to filling their brains,” he said. “We're all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“She whispered a verse by Amanda Hamilton:You came again,blinding my eyeslike the shimmer of sun upon the sea.Just as I feel freethe moon casts your face upon the sill.Each time I forget youyour eyes haunt my heart and it falls still.And so farewelluntil the next time you come,until at last I do not see you.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
“Please don't talk to me about isolation. No one has to tell me how it changes a person. I have lived it. I am isolation," Kya whispered with a slight edge.” ― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
