Shawn M. Warner > Quotes

“Thing is, it isn’t being chucked into the pool that matters. It’s whether you choose to swim or drown.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“She wasn’t looking to make friends, but that didn’t mean she had to make enemies.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“hard surfaces on three sides and a grove running along three edges.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“I’m going swimming in the river. Want to come?” the boy-ghost asked. Leigh smiled and gave him a shrug. “Sure.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“What I need are skills to help me not fall apart whenever I think about my parents, which is every minute of every day.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“She felt angry, sad, and at the same time oddly hopeful, even proud of herself. She wanted to be alone, wanted company, wanted to run away, wanted to stay. Above all she wanted to be any person in the world other than herself.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“And I tried to explain that it is all connected. Your feelings, your loss, your past behavior, your motivations for future behavior -- it’s all tied together. Your obsession with solving your parents murder is a symptom of the very thing you say you want to work on, but won’t.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“Remember when we first met and I said I could tell you wanted to be dead? Well, now I can tell that you don’t. At least not all of you. It’s just a little spark,”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“Filled with nothing but loneliness and emptiness, she convinced herself she did something wrong, that everything was her fault. The worst part was the guilt she felt for not wanting to be alive, knowing that’s the one thing her parents would want for her.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“but a little spark is all life needs.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“She never thought about the future because it looked too horribly like the past.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“Silence was usually a dangerous thing for Leigh. It allowed her mind too much free space -- space she filled with thoughts of how alone she felt and ways she could put a permanent end to that loneliness.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“A wants-to-be-dead girl has made friends with an already-dead boy.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

“About how mad I am at myself for still being alive when Mom and Dad aren’t. And about how the idea of living my life on my own is so overwhelming I can’t bear thinking about it.”
― Shawn M. Warner, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor