Allie Reynolds > Quotes

“...he hasn't spent his whole life playing catch-up. He was born in the lead. I don't have that luxury. I swallow hard. "You wouldn't get it. You're the older one.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“What is a friendship but a sum of the memories of the time you spent with someone? And the better the memories, the better the friendship.”
― Allie Reynolds, The Bay

“Sadness fills me. In a different world we would be out there enjoying ourselves -- instead of stuck in here suspecting terrible things about each other.

I need to get it into my head that this is not the nostalgic reunion I had hoped I would be.

And these people are no longer my friends.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“It's that time of year again. The time the glacier gives up bodies....so I've been checking the local news every morning.

There's one particular body that I'm waiting for.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“My stomach rumbles. I need to eat something before I pass out. Summoning the last of my energy, I straighten and slop the tuna-tomato mix onto plates. Gordon Ramsay would have a fit -- it looks like dog food -- but I don't think anyone here will care.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“When Mikki had mentioned the group, I'd imagined a bunch of hippies who wore flowers in their hair, smoked weed, and danced barefoot around a campfire. Not this. Clustered in close as they discuss what to do with me, they remind me of a sports teams plotting how to wipde out the enemy.”
― Allie Reynolds, The Swell

“I don't have an inner circle.

All around me, groups of friends laugh and chat. How has it come to this? The eve of the most important competition in my career so far and I'm friendless and alone.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“I turn to Odette. "I saw you land some huge nine hundreds today."

Odette waves her fingers. "Not huge. I saw you grabbing your seven twenties."

"I screwed up most of them." We're doing that thing women do. Putting ourselves down.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“Daredevil Milla, super focused and super fit. Just as alone in the world as I am right now, but not nearly as bothered by it.”
― Allie Reynolds, Shiver

“Back pain is different, though. Your back’s the centre of your body and it’s a whole heap harder to ignore. Fear adds to the mix. If you know this is the worst it’s going to be, you might be able to cope. It’s the not knowing that’s the killer. How much worse is it going to get?”
― Allie Reynolds, The Bay

“A larger wave splashes up against the rocks. My shorts get soaked but I don’t care. I lick my lips and taste salt. God, I’ve missed that. I scoot forward until my feet are the water. And it’s like I’m washing my soul.”
― Allie Reynolds, The Bay

“Pain is hard to quantify; everyone has a different tolerance to it.”
― Allie Reynolds, The Bay