B.C. > B.C.'s Quotes

“Do not let all the mundane concatenations in this world be for naught,' said Lily Peters.
Which was just her way of saying, don't live for nothing.”
― B.C. Hedlund, Consigned to Oblivion

“It's funny how, when we're children, all we want to do is grow up, but once we grow up, all we want to do is be children.”
― B.C. Hedlund, Consigned to Oblivion

“You know the feeling when you're falling? When you take a step onto what used to be sold ground and suddenly it just falls out from under you? You start to spiral slowly, gathering speed until you know that you are within seconds from hitting the ground, and you're praying that you'll hit, that everything will just disappear, that everything you've been fighting to escape will just consume you and everything will be over. But then the ground doesn't come and you just keep falling and falling and falling, trapped in a nightmare that will never end.”
― B.C. Hedlund, Consigned to Oblivion

“My foot slipped. A split second. And for that split second, I was falling.

In that split second, I didn't panic.

I thought, 'oh'.

Then Rachel's hand wrapped around my arm and steadied me.

'Thanks,' I stared at the edge . . .

Two seconds ago all I could think was, 'oh, thank god, now it's over.”
― B.C. Hedlund, Consigned to Oblivion

“I've stood atop this cliff so many times that I feel like I know how far down the drop is, even though I've never jumped before.”
― B.C. Hedlund, Consigned to Oblivion

“But a life without art, without wonder, without beautiful things—she would go mad. She has gone mad.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue