Robyn Schneider Quotes

“If you like nerds, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards.”
― Violet Haberdasher

“The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you choose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“I pictured her tragically; it never once ocurred to me to picture her as the tragedy.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“...history is filled with fictional people. We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary - made-up prisoners in a hypothetical panopticon. But the point isn't whether or not you believe in imaginary people; it's whether or not you want to.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“So," I said as Cassidy and I headed toward Mr. Moreno's room, "I didn't see any secret messages last night."
"I didn't want to be predictable," Cassidy retorted. "But at least now I know you're paying attention.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“I reached for the switch on my desk lamp and flashed HELLO.
The lights switched off in Cassidy's bedroom, and her flashlight flicked on.
SORRY.
"She's sorry," I told Cooper, because he didn't understand Morse code.
He lifted his head as if to say But you already knew that, old sport.
Her flashlight flickered again.
FORGIVE ME.
This time, I didn't hesitate.
ALWAYS, I replied.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“It's awful, ins't it, how I remember crap like that? Tiny, insignificant details in the midst of a massive disaster.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“But that morning, standing at the window of my dorm roomas I buttoned my shirt, I felt like an entirely different person. It was as though someone had taken an eraser to my life and, instead of getting rid of the mess, had rubbed away all the parts that I'd wanted to keep.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“Everything of who I was and who I wanted to be had been evicted to make room for this disease.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm ashamed that the world isn't good enough yet. Because it should be.”
― Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here