BookBrief Logo
Waiting
Goodreads ratings
3.92 / 5
Add to Your Library

Sign in to save this book to your reading lists

"Waiting" Quotes

A teenage girl grapples with the psychological and emotional effects of her mother's disappearance.

Quotes

I didn't say anything. I didn't even think anything. I just looked at him.

Carol Lynch Williams

emotionsilence

I didn't want to see him. I didn't want to hear him. I didn't want to be near him.

Carol Lynch Williams

avoidanceconflict

I had never seen a boy's eyes look so sad.

Carol Lynch Williams

empathysadness

I didn't want to go there. I didn't want to remember.

Carol Lynch Williams

avoidancememory

I wanted to be alone. I didn't want to be alone.

Carol Lynch Williams

contradictionsolitude

I used to be okay. I used to be fine.

Carol Lynch Williams

changestruggle

It was like a hole inside of me. A hole that just kept getting bigger.

Carol Lynch Williams

emptinessdespair

I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know anything.

Carol Lynch Williams

confusionhelplessness

I just wanted to be normal. But I didn't even know what normal was anymore.

Carol Lynch Williams

identityconfusion

I felt like I was always waiting for something. But I didn't know what.

Carol Lynch Williams

anticipationuncertainty