D.S. Murphy > Quotes

“Part of me felt like I was throwing my life away, for a guy I barely knew. But I wasn’t just doing it for him. Since my parents died, I’d had absolutely no control over my life. If I really thought about it, maybe I’d given up control long before—that day in Oregon when I almost drowned. Since then, I’d always relied on others to take care of me. Maybe it was time to take my life back into my own hands… even if it meant growing fins.”
― D.S. Murphy

“I watched the colored lights and sparkles coming off of Sebastian in the dark water, as the ocean began the process of rebuilding his tail. I longed to join him in the water, to wrap my arms around him and let him carry me under the sea; but I wasn't ready. For him, the ocean was a home; for me it was death. Without being able to transform, the ocean depths would suffocate me, the pressure collapse my bones and flesh.”
― D.S. Murphy, Shearwater

“Wait—what?” He’d said the last statement so casually, I almost didn’t grasp its significance. “There are merrow who want to destroy the human race?” I pictured a hundred thousand Sebastians, capable of punching through picnic tables and moving faster than we could even see them. It would be a slaughter. A mermaid apocalypse. I almost laughed at the thought, but the impulse died in my throat. I felt sick. I couldn’t believe I’d wanted to kiss him just a few moments ago.”
― D.S. Murphy

“Life is not just a succession of experiences. It is a search for the truth, the good and the beautiful. It is to this end that we make our choices; it is for this that we exercise our freedom; it is in this that we find happiness and joy.”
― D.S. Murphy, Of Song and Tide

“There’s a YouTube video of funny animal compilations I’ve watched dozens of times. In one of them, a giraffe is confronted by a peacock. The peacock spreads its colorful tail, and the giraffe is so surprised its legs all try running off in different directions.”
― D.S. Murphy, Shearwater

“grabbed a pair of dark aviator glasses before leaving my room. People say the eyes are the windows to the soul, and I didn’t want anybody to know I was home. Pretty eyes are an invitation for people to start talking with you.”
― D.S. Murphy, The Scarlet Thread

“Just remember we’re not celebrating because we’re happy they’re gone, we’re celebrating because they lived and we loved them.”
― D.S. Murphy, Shearwater