Stairs – Quotes

I confess, right at

I confess, right at the start, to the doubts – and sometimes outright dreads – that go with me as I climb the stairs to my study in the morning, coffee mug in hand: I have to admit to the habitual apprehension mixed with a sort of reverence, as I light the incense . . … Read more

To pretend I was

To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail. He laughed again. You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom. Gail Carson Levine

Do you like to

Do you like to slide? His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. No, Majesty. I’m terrified of heights. Oh. His polite tone had returned. I wish I could enjoy it. This fear of heights is an affliction. He nodded, a show of sympathy but not much interest. I … Read more

I grew up in

I grew up in a haunted castle, boys. If you’ve never had a ghost try to push you down the stairs, you’ve never lived. Gaelen Foley

And I was crying

And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I’d thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow. Gabrielle Zevin

And she loved a

And she loved a man who was made out of nothing. A few hours without him and right away she’d be missing him with her whole body, sitting in her office surrounded by polyethylene and concrete and thinking of him. And every time she’d boil water for coffee in her ground-floor office, she’d let the … Read more

To read a lot

To read a lot of trash mixing the blood of war with business’s stench. To root out any happiness. To go out, and down, and on the road. To hesitate; to go on, and ahead, and back, and up the stairs, and in one’s room. On the way, to notice that the mountain is still … Read more