Devin Murphy > Quotes

“be wary of preaching that is so rigid and unforgiving of human nature.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“We were all living according to those random arrangements, and none of us fully controlled the terms.”
― Devin Murphy

“is the little stories of our day that hold the only things of value in this world.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“I wished I had been there when the bombs fell, to have opened my mouth and swallowed their ordinance. Then spit it all back at them.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“Breathe in the light.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“My heart was a rush of sparrows”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“I watched him and thought maybe there were lesser gods who did walk among us. Lifting up others when they needed it most, offering an invisible push on the shoulder that can lead them back to the rest of their”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“My children are thunderclouds. Veined with brilliant light. Full of noise. Their presence is felt in the bones. They leave the most fabulous puddles. They wash over me every day and drain me and they leave everything feeling renewed.Oh”
― Devin Murphy

“the picture symbolized some ultimate freedom I’d yet to really understand.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“I will drop our name loudly everywhere on this earth that we go so people will remember, and you can follow the trail of my voice, follow the love it sings out to you.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“through. I watched him and thought maybe there were lesser gods who did walk among us. Lifting up others when they needed it most,”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“I breathed in the moonlight.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“Perfect is a Preference, Not! a possibility.”
― Devin Murphy

“Books were sacred to my parents,”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner

“Breathe the moonlight into your lungs, let it beat through your veins, fill your heart like a lightbulb, then exhale it and send it all the way back. That’s how you become one with the night and stop being afraid of it.”
― Devin Murphy, The Boat Runner