Sari Wilson > Quotes

“Maybe the people who tell you to trust them can’t be trusted, and the people who ask nothing are the ones who are there when you need them.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“The accidents of history are everywhere. The carnage all around us.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“I know there is never only one version of the past. We resurrect the past to suit the needs of the present.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“To be a girl is to be strong and tireless.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“The dark will always get us. Make it your friend. Envelop it. Let it envelop you. If the dark is coming, make it your friend.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“It is terrible to be singled out, to feel eyes on you all the time. It is wonderful, and terrible too.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“What happens when I feel compassion is that it opens something in me so wide it hurts. It lets so much life in that I don’t know what to do. I am flooded, I shut down.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“She is a girl in pink tights and ballet slippers, a girl with a heart beating. Her body will move; it will take care of itself.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“Being in love is like falling off a cliff. Being in love is like flying—or falling. All you feel is the wind around you.” She adds: “Loving someone is something you can feel along with lots of other feelings.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass

“What if I could tell my mother my secrets? What if I could have told my mother my secrets? But our relationship has always been built on signals and codes sent from neighboring countries.”
― Sari Wilson, Girl Through Glass