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The Names They Gave Us QUOTES

The Names They Gave Us QUOTES

1 " And that's why I don't get to cry, I guess. Because they do. Because we're older but we're not the grown-ups who seem too far away to understand. I tuck that thought inside me, warm and small like balled hands inside hoodie pockets. Beneath the beech trees and sugar maples, feet crunching against dead leaves, I hope for strength. Because as much as I want to be the one crying, I want to be the kind of person someone can hold onto. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

2 " And I want to be one of them. I want to be one of them so, so badly - to fit into this balance, their history, the wolf pack way of them. I see it now, why my mom wants that for me. I see how you can't help but want it, if you get close enough to witness a group of friends knitted together like this. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

3 " Well, you change as you get older, especially at this time in your life. You become more yourself, hopefully. And sometimes that changes the dynamic, even with people you love. So it's not that you were wrong. You were right for that time. But you grow up and you grow out of relationships. Even the ones you thought, at one point, might be forever. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

4 " After all, once there was a girl named Lucy who loved her family, old and new.
It's not the type of love that ends. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

5 " Summer crushes happen all the time, right? Because you feel far away from the real world, everything seems more...possible. Every person seems more vital. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

6 " You can be okay again. Just a different kind of okay than before. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

7 " I believe in nature, in science, in jazz, in dancing. And I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness. This is my credo; this is my hymn. Maybe it's not enough for heaven, and maybe I'm even wrong. But if I can walk through the fire and, with blistered skin, still have faith in better days? I have to believe that's good enough. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

8 " And I say a final last prayer, this one in gratitude that there are people in the world who will protect kids with a fire that makes them sprint after cars, fight systems, curse with rage. It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

9 " Hasn't Daybreak shown me, day after day, that people can outlast unbelievable pain? That human hearts are like noble little ants, able to carry so much more weight than you'd expect. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

10 " Whose empire did you just overthrow?" My own. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

11 " Human hearts are like noble little ants, able to carry so much more weight than you'd expect. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

12 " The world moves twice as fast. Or twice as slow. It’s hard to tell when it feels like you’re watching your own life instead of living it. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

13 " You change as you get older, especially at this time in your life. You become more yourself, hopefully. And sometimes that changes the dynamic, even with people you love. So it's not that you were wrong. You were right for that time. But you grow up and you grow out of relationships. Even the ones you thought, at one point, might be forever.” . "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

14 " There comes a time when you just have to put on some mascara and pull yourself together. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

15 " I wasn't even looking for him, so why do I feel found? "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

16 " When does it stop-the longing to be mothered? "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

17 " So, um, what is your name?”
“Oh, that’s funny that you don’t know! Well, maybe it’s not. I’ve always gone by Jones here, even before I was a counselor. You don’t want to guess?”
“Rumpelstiltskin,” I say, which makes him burst out laughing. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

18 " Confidimus stellarum "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

19 " It's easy to sort pieces that look alike. But it's two differently shaped pieces that connect. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us

20 " I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness. "

― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us