Edward Underhill > Quotes

“I see you as everything you tell me you are or want to be.”
― Edward Underhill

“All you are is the music. Not just whatever piece of it you yourself are playing. Not just the rhythm, the beat, the drive. Not just your sticks against your own drum.
You're part of the whole thing. Your rhythm is part of the harmony, and that's part of the melody, and all of it together is what makes it music.
I don't know what that feeling is. Maybe it's joy. Maybe it's freedom. Maybe it's having space--space to create something with your body and your energy and your intention that doesn't exist for any reason other than being beautiful.”
― Edward Underhill

“But even so... there's still that but. That tiny, terrified voice in the back of my mind. Just knowing those awful things are happening to someone... It's hard not to let it settle inside of you, undermining every single thing you hope for, until the bar just drops lower and lower.
Until we get here. Feeling like we're supposed to be grateful anyway.”
― Edward Underhill

“I can't shake the feeling that I'm about to turn thirty, and all I'll have to show for it is an unemployment check, and overdrawn bank account, two useless degrees, and a city that's never quite managed to feel like home.”
― Edward Underhill, The In-Between Bookstore

“What are you going to do? Mom asks.
Isn't that the million-dollar question.
"I don't know.”
― Edward Underhill, The In-Between Bookstore