Travis Thrasher Quotes

“I've got a lot of homework to do, and none of it has anything to do with school.”
― Travis Thrasher, Solitary

“I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let her live, to let her make it through the night.”
― Travis Thrasher

“This is Teenage madness.
Trapped in a room knowing there's more outside.
Trapped listening to a teacher talk about Hemingway as if each sentence and word had mythical importance.
Trapped knowing she is in the room with me.”
― Travis Thrasher, Solitary

“Home should never be dark or full of shadows and secrets. It should be bright and full of open doors. It should be full of stories wanting to be told.”
― Travis Thrasher, Marvelous

“Things like this don't happen back in Libertyville, Illinois.

You don't get lost in the woods behind your house.

You don't get trapped inside a fortress-like wall ten feet tall.”
― Travis Thrasher, Solitary

“You can stand in the middle of a street and let the drops fall on you and feel refreshed. It's like God's little sprinkler.”
― Travis Thrasher, Marvelous

“Suddenly, I can't move. I can't speak. I am set in stone, but it's a glorious chiseled sort of stone.”
― Travis Thrasher, Wonder

“There are a thousand beautiful things behind that look. A marvelous sort of ache that only a few people know about. Some miraculous sort of sorrow she's managed to walk away from.”
― Travis Thrasher, Marvelous

“Guys can't tell girls what to do. That's an unspoken rule. Learn that now and you'll be way ahead of the game.”
― Travis Thrasher, Wonder

“So yeah, maybe this will be the rest of our lives. Pot roast and Diet Cokes and my parents making eyes at each other. As for those slaps and punches and hateful words, we'll just sweep those under the rug or wherever they can go.”
― Travis Thrasher, Wonder

“I think of this girl, this bright light coming from such a dark place. I know that the things she believes about God and the Bible and hope and all that are very real to her. They're not nice sayings on Twitter just to fill a box. They're the things she truly believes.

I'm not sure I'm ready to rejoice, and I'm not quite ready to pray.

The cool thing is that Marvel knows this. She knows this and doesn't seem to mind.”
― Travis Thrasher, Wonder