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Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) QUOTES

Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) QUOTES

1 " You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

2 " You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

3 " Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyone, which was a feature she liked in heroes, although she wished Peter were a girl, or the villain were a girl, or someone in the book besides his boat and his girlfriend (both named Arabella) were a girl. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

4 " You're kind of grumpy most of the time, but when things get bad, you're the bravest. People can surprise you. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

5 " You can't hide in your books forever. There are all kinds of people, and good things, and life, just waiting for you. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

6 " When the mist rises, and the smiling man comes walking, you must avoid large places at night. Keep to small. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

7 " Don't panic. That's the first rule of survival. Never panic. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

8 " Best get moving. At nightfall they’ll come for the rest of you. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

9 " What’s the difference between a cat and a comma?” “Dad—” “Well?” “I don’t know, what?” Her dad grinned. “A comma,” he informed her, “is a pause at the end of a clause.” Ollie saw where this was going. “Dad.” “But a cat,” her dad finished blithely, “has claws at the ends of its paws. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

10 " Coco didn’t cry because she was weak. Coco cried because she felt things. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

11 " Wherever you go in this big, gorgeous, hideous world, there is a ghost story waiting for you. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

12 " Well, I only learned reeling and writhing,” Brian said conversationally to the top of her head. “And then the different branches of arithmetic—ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

13 " Even bad things can lead to good. Maybe in sad times, it helps to think of that. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

14 " Coco didn't cry because she was weak. Coco cried because she felt things. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

15 " Supper’s ready,’ he said, and smiled. "

― Katherine Arden , Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)