Krysta MacDonald > Quotes

“The memories are lodged in my throat, and a part of me wonders if you can choke on something that isn’t physically there. Can you choke on hurt?”
― Krysta MacDonald, The Girl with the Empty Suitcase

“What is it about suitcases, lying there empty? Before a trip, they are full of uneasy anticipation. After, they are almost regretful, longing to go back to those unfamiliar hotel rooms, those airport carousels. If items can be discontent, the one that is the most must be an empty suitcase. Or perhaps an undeveloped roll of film.”
― Krysta MacDonald, The Girl with the Empty Suitcase

“Who decides those things? And why don’t I know about them? Is there some sort of meeting, or maybe an assembly, like the ones we used to have in elementary school, where all the little finite details of all the little things in life get decided? And why didn’t I get an invitation to that meeting?”
― Krysta MacDonald, The Girl with the Empty Suitcase

“She tried to empty her mind, visualizing locking all of her thoughts in boxes and filing them away in some storage warehouse, so she wouldn't have to worry about them anymore. Maybe even set fire to those boxes, leave them in ash and dust. Out of sight, out of mind, Even figuratively.”
― Krysta MacDonald, To Air the Laundry

“I could see him weighing each word on his tongue before allowing it life.”
― Krysta MacDonald, The Girl with the Empty Suitcase

“He is laughing, only pretending to resist, and this moment, this moment right here, is one of those ones that I will know will weave itself into the fabric of myself and our relationship, one of those moments that I will come back to, again and again, for the rest of my life.”
― Krysta MacDonald, The Girl with the Empty Suitcase

“Sharon gasped, clutching at the edges of the dream before it evaporated into the black of early morning. Albert blew the remembrance further out of reach with each soft snore.”
― Krysta MacDonald, To Air the Laundry