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The Nest QUOTES

The Nest QUOTES

1 " Nothing's scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It's the worst thing for a parent. "

― Kenneth Oppel , The Nest

2 " The baby was warm against my chest. I knew I was broken too. I wasn't like other people. I was scared and weird and anxious and sad lots of the time, and I didn't know why. My parents thought I was abnormal, I was pretty sure. They said I wasn't, but you don't get sent to a therapist if you're normal.

Sometimes we really aren't supposed to be the way we are. It's not good for us. And people don't like it. You've got to change. You've got to try harder and do deep breathing and maybe one day take pills and learn tricks so you can pretend to be more like other people. Normal people. But maybe Vanessa was right, and all those other people were broken too in their own ways. Maybe we all spent too much time pretending we weren't. "

― Kenneth Oppel , The Nest

3 " Yes' is a very powerful word. It's like opening a door. It's like fanning a flame. It's the most powerful word in the world. "

― Kenneth Oppel , The Nest

4 " A feeling is not a fact. "

― Kenneth Oppel , The Nest

5 " A volte è meglio non essere quello che siamo davvero. Non ci fa bene. E alla gente non piace. Bisogna cambiare. Bisogna sforzarsi, e fare respiri profondi, e forse un giorno prendere pillole e imparare trucchi per far finta di essere più come le altre persone. Quelle normali. Ma forse Vanessa aveva ragione, e anche quelle persone, tutte quante, erano guaste a modo loro. Forse passiamo tutti quanti troppo tempo a fingere che non lo siamo. "

― Kenneth Oppel , The Nest