The Drowning Kind Quotes
"Cowbirds don’t make nests of their own. The females lay eggs in other birds’ nests."
"It’s all a bunch of stupid lies," Declan told me. "She’s always telling these crazy stories that I know aren’t true."
"Dreams can be scary," I said at last. "But they’re only dreams, Declan. They can’t follow you into real life."
"You’ve never gotten over the fact that you couldn’t fix your sister when she got sick."
"The fucking scientific method. Construct a hypothesis. Test your hypothesis."
"I know you’re there. I can feel you listening."
"If I was one of those fish, I wouldn’t let anyone catch me ever again."
"How can you be so mean?" I asked Lexie later.
"If they’re your real friends, shouldn’t they know the truth?"
"How are we supposed to move forward with this relationship with all these careful walls you build around parts of your life?"
"You need to learn who you are outside your sister’s orbit."
"It’s the scientific method, for fuck’s sake!"
"Are you imagining me all beatnik with a black turtleneck and beret?"
"I blamed myself for his death, which is silly, I know, but I couldn’t help thinking that if I had still been there, things might have turned out differently."
"Aren’t they, just? I’ve had some shipped over from England."
"I owe it all to the springs. This hotel, my beautiful garden, a husband I adore, and a brand-new baby who is too perfect for words!"
"Please, I’m the one who’s sorry, for being so emotional!"
"Go to the water and tell it. Promise me you’ll try?"
"It seemed unfair that I had to go to such lengths when it was so easy for other women to bear child after child."
"In 1792, when the first settlers arrived in what is now Brandenburg, they found it had been settled once before."
"I am Mrs. Monroe from Lanesborough, New Hampshire, and I am going to have a baby."
"The water gives miracles, yes, but I think it takes, too."
"It’s hard not to blame myself for what happened. She was in here every morning. The last few times, something seemed off about her."
"There’s nothing in that water except what we bring in with us."
"Take care of yourself, Jax. If staying up at Sparrow Crest turns out to be too much, call me anytime."
"It does me good, hearing the scratch of pencil on paper. Writing down what needs to be done, then doing it and crossing it off the list. It makes me feel like I have a sense of control."
"The springs give miracles, but they always take something in return."
"I have seen little Martha. I went to the pool at night, and she was there, waiting for me."
"The baby’s fine," I said. "I was just feeling a little sorry for myself for no reason."
"I am Mrs. Monroe and I am having a houseguest. A good friend."
"It’s like being a child again—the way they all talk to you like you can’t hear or aren’t able to listen."
"She encouraged me to join her in the pool," Myrtle said. "To take a dip myself. In fact, she was rather insistent."
"I am Mrs. Monroe, and it is snowing hard, but I shall not worry. I shall not worry. I shall not worry."
"I couldn’t sleep last night so I went down to the pool."
"You look like her, you know. Your grandmother, when she was your age."
"It’s just that this is where your sister died. And I know you blame yourself—you shouldn’t, but you do."
"Perhaps you’d like to wait outside, Mrs. Monroe?"
"You’ve got to slow down, Ethel. Please. You’re not making any sense. Start at the beginning."
"I’ve been drawing sketches for the house we’ll have built. A great stone house. Like the castle you dreamed about living in when you were a little girl!"
"It’s complicated," Diane said, the muscles in her face tightening.
"This pool," she said, looking down into it. "It has a hold over all of us, doesn’t it?"
"It’s not wrong. I think we all make wishes for things that feel impossible."
"The only power it has is whatever power we give it."
"Like wishes have a price," Diane said, scowling.
"It’s more beautiful here than I could have ever imagined."