Crossing Bridges Quote by Abby Slovin

“She didn’t quite know how to translate faces; so she wondered about Jerry, but that’s all she could do.”

— Abby Slovin

“In a brief, surreal moment, she could see the young man he used to be in his smile.”

— Abby Slovin

“She sat on the stoop alone, gazing up at an infinite sky as it held her and pushed her away all at once.”

— Abby Slovin

“For a brief moment, the rusted steel beams above her sparkled like stars.”

— Abby Slovin

“She looked up and saw the right angles of time above her as the clock hit three.”

— Abby Slovin

“For the life of me, I don’t understand these bumper stickers. I would think, the more you believe in something, the less you’d want…

— Abby Slovin

“Sometimes you don’t get to close one door before another opens. We’re not all given that luxury, for closure.”

— Abby Slovin

“A girl?" Her mother looked at her, curiously, as if the word were unknown to her; ancient and puzzling as an artifact behind a…

— Abby Slovin

“Her letter bled from word to word, in three sour sentences.”

— Abby Slovin

“Fear swallowed her, deep and dark as the ocean and she sank into it.”

— Abby Slovin

“Never too late for the right kind of change.”

— Abby Slovin

“Fact is just fiction with different storytellers”

— Abby Slovin

“She approached the car with a confident stride that implied she had lived on the block her whole life.”

— Abby Slovin

“At a time when Parker might have craved the comfort of certainty, she instead held tight to her wavering thoughts; To the gravity and…

— Abby Slovin

“Like a palindrome, like the way a perfect day should be.”

— Abby Slovin