Kate Scelsa > Quotes

“May we live impossibly,” Sebby said when he opened his eyes. “Against all odds. May people look at us and wonder how such jewels can sparkle in the sad desert of the world. May we live the impossible life.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“I know you think that we saved you or something, Jeremy," he said. "That we were stronger than you. But we're not. We weren't. We're all just trying to survive however we can.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“They rolled up the maps of their bodies until they were two continents of interlocking roads and rivers and dreams, and she thought, ‘This is how I will learn to live again’.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Love remembers the places where it touched down. You can follow it back to them.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“In a really good thrift store you feel like you're in a room with all of these stories, and it's up to you to go and find the stories that you want to bring home with you. And then when you wear the clothes, they help you tell a new story, but they're bringing that old part with them and with you and you're benefiting from that in a way that you can't even really understand.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“And I say, 'We are pilgrims too.'
And we say, 'But this time we won't lie. We will tell the truth about our explorations.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Probably not great to call a nine-year-old a prostitute," Mira said.
"Fine. Filthy whore, then.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“I picked up the blue tube again, unscrewed the cap, and squeezed a perfect line of paint onto the palate. As soon as I brushed it on the canvas, I was responsible for it, for the inevitable imperfections. My world had always been like that paint, left on a palate. That color was a passive observer. But not it wanted to make something of itself. And I was terrified.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“I know what you mean", she said. "Families can seem so normal and boring from the inside that you don't know you're different until someone else makes you feel different.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“And I love that all their overdone liberal bullshit totally backfired," he said. "Of course it did. People are assholes. End of story."
"The world according to Sebastian Tate."
"It's a philosophy that has gotten me far in life.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Rose, this is Sebby," she said. "Sebby, Rose."
"Oh yeah. Sebastian, right?" Rose said. "I've hard about you."
"Only terrible things, I hope."
"The worst.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“He picked out a neon-green Sour Patch Kid and held it in front of her face. "Do you accept this little sugar man and his mission to bring you peace and fulfillment with the risk of a major sugar crash to follow?"
"I do," she said. "I accept the terms of the tiny sugar man, and the wrath of my impossible mother.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“What if the insane are too raw to know which stations are real and which are just confused static?”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“So when someone new came into this world of preordained power structures, someone who looked like they might understand a certain kind of emptiness, you might notice her.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Bartender," she said to an invisible person, "a Jeremy special." She grabbed two plastic cups. "Coming right up," she replied to herself.
The Jeremy special ended up being an elaborate mix of fruit juices and vodka, and wasn't half bad.
"i think you have a successful bartending career ahead of you," I said as we made our way into the living room.
"Later I'll make you the Sebby special," she said. "It's used to remove paint from cars.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“You have been here before.

The highway winding north through dark New England forests. White dunes towering above the sides of the road, looking like the moon.

You can come back. Even after you hurt each other too deeply to comprehend. Even after the impossible becomes just that. Too far out of reach even to dream.

Love remembers the places where it touched down, left an invisible trail on your bodies. Follow it back. You can follow it back to them.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Wow," Mira said, looking around, "super fun."
"When do they bring out the pig's blood and dump it on the head of the awkward girl with telekinetic powers?" Sebby asked.
"Not until ten, I think."
"Well, what are we supposed to do until then? This was not well planned.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“I can see the future. Oh look! I see us! There we are. We look great.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“You have been here before.

The highway winding north through dark New England forests.

You can come back.

Love remembers the places where it touched down.

You can follow it back to them.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Let go of which cannot be held.”
― Kate Scelsa, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

“Are you just hoping to see some boobs, Rose?" Sebby asked. "Is that what this is about?"
"Oh yeah," Rose said. "I've got a one-track mind and it's all about JV boobs.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“What are we going to do?" I said.

"I guess we're going to sit here and wait for this night to end. Every night has to end eventually.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“She had decided that because she couldn't love her body, she would try to love what she put on it.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“I had a sudden urge of anger. I couldn't stand it anymore, being asked to accept that I had no control over who left me, over our lives. There had to be something that I could do.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“And I think the misuse of 'witch' just makes it all the more important to her. It's always been a word that was used as a weapon against the woman who lived on the edge of town who maybe looked different and had a relationship with animals and knew how to make herbal remedies and plan things according to the phases of the moon. That was scary to these people.”
― Kate Scelsa, Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

“Like many things with Julie, "family time" did not happen because it was something that you wanted to do. It happened because it was dictated by some outward force of propriety.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Surviving herself was a bittersweet victory. It meant that some part of her had lost.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“Her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning. She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. But her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning.

She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. It was nice to be able to admit it.”
― Kate Scelsa, Fans of the Impossible Life

“The thought crosses my mind that I would make a great cult member. Just let me sit next to a cute girl who's nice to me and it seems I will agree to do pretty much anything.”
― Kate Scelsa, Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches

“This is my girlfriend, Eleanor, who makes me much happier than you ever did,” and then kissed me passionately in the middle of the pedestrian mall? Would that have been so difficult?”
― Kate Scelsa, Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches: An Atmospheric YA Lesbian Romance in Salem