Suzy Vitello > Quotes

“I know there’s this ongoing Portland/Brooklyn spar for über hipdom (and I have to be careful here, because my agent lives in Brooklyn), but Portland is the least derivative place I’ve ever been. The folks here do what they do in defiance of norm or trend. The spirit of authenticity in Portland is as contagious as a February flu.”
― Suzy Vitello

“Life and death rubbed up against each other, a paper-thin border between them.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“This must be it then, the way people are guided by faith. Feeling everything, all the pain, all the fear, and the continuing on.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“I see of on canvas, surrounded by a frame. It's the only way I know to make time stop. Make art out of it.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“Every time you love someone, it seems, you're setting yourself up for a fall.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“Dreams turning into wakeful realities. A next thing and a next and a next, But never a straight line. Never life just getting better and easier. Everything has a cost.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“Don't get me wrong. I loved my sister. I never, not once, wished her dead.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“My ears lock down on those words, my throat closes around them. I'm aware of sweat, suddenly, little dots of it at my temples, on my palms. A heartbeat tries pumping blood around as though I'm a deer in a fight-or-flight stance.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“If love flies through the air but the recipient isn't actually paying attention, does it count?”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“Never has there been a bottle of dressing in this house. Or a bottle of Ragu.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“I'm tired of being me. Connor calls my name a few times, the sound of his voice like salt on my blistered feet.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“I walk through the next few weeks like a painting of myself. Something formed by someone else.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“A month is beyond when "sorry for your loss" seems appropriate, but not enough time has passed for people to be all normal and happy around me.”
― Suzy Vitello

“The election. I don't know who to vote for. It's this idiot or the other idiot.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“So weird. This boy, I hated his guts a week ago. The this-way-that-way of it all.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“A jolt of something hits me in the gut. It makes me feel nervous, and I'm not sure why.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“Worse than having a child die is living with the fact that you couldn't protect her.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before

“The cheap thrill. The ball through the goal posts. The titillation of bosoms on the Internet. These are easy ways to fleeting, surface rreaction. Art does not come cheaply, ladies and gentlemen. One must nurture the soul in order to grow ones appreciation for beauty. For aesthetic. If we care more about sport than the very foundation of humanity, we are doomed.”
― Suzy Vitello, The Moment Before