"Where the Crawdads Sing" Quotes
A young woman in a small town becomes an outcast and is suspected of murder, but her love for nature and a possible romance with a local boy shape her extraordinary life.
fiction | 384 pages | Published in 2018
Quotes
There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot.
Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.
The morning burned so August hot, the marsh's moist breath hung the oaks and pines with fog.
You got to put your past behind you before you can move on.
Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.
Water is the first thing I remember, the first thing I see in the morning, the last thing I think about at night.
The fireflies are like stars in the vast sky, and if she gets too close they will dim and fade.
There are some things that can't be put into words.
The creatures she thought were her friends, her family, were suddenly not. She was the Marsh Girl.
The screech owl's voice was like the cry of a woman in terrible pain.
