Karen Katchur > Quotes

“The water. The lake. It flows through our veins, and there's nothing we can do about it… It's like venom.”
― Karen Katchur, The Secrets of Lake Road

“She felt a strong pull toward the water and it was more than curiosity…”
― Karen Katchur, The Secrets of Lake Road

“There was something about this place that brought out the best and worst in you, pushing you to extremes.”
― Karen Katchur, The Secrets of Lake Road

“The only reason for a grown woman to return home was if she had failed in some aspect in her life. Or if her father was dying. Or both.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“No one touched the bottom of the lake and lived. If you were lucky, you'd surface wide-eyed and frantic, babbling at the darkness, the thickness of what lay below. If you were unlucky, underwater recovery dragged the lake for your body.”
― Karen Katchur, The Secrets of Lake Road

“girl worth a spit doesn’t know how to fire a gun.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“can’t.” “Can’t or won’t?”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“writhing, knotting, tangling with the anger at her core. And buried far below all these emotions, there was something else, something that made her heart ache.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“But she rarely checked social media sites anymore; the gossip, the photos, the sharing of people’s daily lives all felt overwhelming, exhausting to keep track of.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“It’s my body, my sickness, and I’m alone with it. You can be here with me, hold my hand, wipe my brow. But I’ll still be alone with it.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“I’m sorry. I miss you.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“All the while his insides had churned, a swirl of stomach acid and dread.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“She’d forgotten what it was like to feel the kind of peace she felt on the inside when she’d been still. She’d”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“A person has a right to choose who they want in their life and who they don't. Those around them either accept it or they reject it. Either way, there's not anything they can do about it.”
― Karen Katchur, The Greedy Three

“Funny how she finally had his full attention now, when she wasn’t sure she wanted it anymore.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies

“Her mouth went dry, the voice inside her head saying over and over again, He was lying; he was lying; he was lying.”
― Karen Katchur, River Bodies