Michael Northrop > Quotes

“The easiest thing to do with something that was bothering you was always to make fun of it.”
― Michael Northrop, Gentlemen

“I was thinking: Is this what love is, feeling like you've been spun around underwater? Forgetting how cold you are, until she looks up and you look down and you're embarrassed and the world comes rushing back in? Or is love not being able to get that image out of your head, the image of the moment right before she looked up?”
― Michael Northrop, Trapped

“I prayed for him to keep my mom safe instead, though if I'm being honest, I was sort of hoping he'd be impressed by my selflessness. Another thing about angels, though, I'm pretty sure they don't fall for dumb tricks like that.”
― Michael Northrop, Trapped

“I run through the figures one more time in my head. Being poor is like always being in math class.”
― Michael Northrop, On Thin Ice

“I'm always really interested in what books people are reading here. A lot of the books I'm putting back are ones that I've read too . . .

I think about that for a while. Most of these kids ignore me, and some do worse than that--but we still like the same books. We've imagined fighting the same epic battles and laughed at the same jokes.”
― Michael Northrop, On Thin Ice

“Highgate Cemetery looming like a city of the dead. At its base, across a narrow road, a”
― Michael Northrop, Amulet Keepers