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title: "2 Alphabet Quotes By Jandy Nelson"
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> [I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled off of clocks, of cold stones, of shoes filled with nothing but wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-have-an-impulse-to-write-all-over-the-orange-walls-i-need-an/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

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> [According to all the experts, it's time for me to talk about what I'm going through... I can't. I'd need a new alphabet, one made of falling, of tectonic plates shifting, of the deep devouring dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/according-to-all-the-experts-it-s-time-for-me-to-talk-about-what-i-m/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

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## More by Jandy Nelson

> [And then he smiles, and in all the places around the globe where it's night, day breaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/and-then-he-smiles-and-in-all-the-places-around-the-globe-where-it-s/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of peopleMaybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/or-maybe-a-person-is-just-made-up-of-a-lot-of-peoplemaybe-we-re/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“How can people die when you’re in a fight with them? When you’re smack in the middle of hating them? When absolutely nothing between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/how-can-people-die-when-you-re-in-a-fight-with-them-when-you-re-smack/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-wonder-why-bereaved-people-even-bother-with-mourning-clothes-when/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/if-you-re-someone-who-knows-the-worst-thing-can-happen-at-any-time/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“I want my sister. I want to hurl a building at God. I take a breath and exhale with enough force to blow the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-want-my-sister-i-want-to-hurl-a-building-at-god-i-take-a-breath-and/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes part of you, step for step, breath for breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/grief-is-forever-it-doesn-t-go-away-it-becomes-part-of-you-step-for/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“Una y otra vez, día tras día, me esforcé por ser vista. Solo quería que me prestara atención, no que me dejara tirada en…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/una-y-otra-vez-d-a-tras-d-a-me-esforc-por-ser-vista-solo-quer-a-que/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how to contain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/grief-is-a-house-where-the-chairs-have-forgotten-how-to-hold-us-the/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“I think if we don't stop kissing, the world is going to explode.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-think-if-we-don-t-stop-kissing-the-world-is-going-to-explode/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh. Then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/he-murmers-into-my-hair-forget-what-i-said-earlier-let-s-stick-with/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“Listen to me. It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. You always have been very brave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/listen-to-me-it-takes-a-lot-of-courage-to-be-true-to-yourself-true-to/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/sometimes-you-think-you-know-things-know-things-very-deeply-only-to/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-have-an-impulse-to-write-all-over-the-orange-walls-i-need-an/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

> [“I'd been making desicions for days. I picked out the dress Bailey would wear forever- a black slinky one- innapropriate- that she loved. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/i-d-been-making-desicions-for-days-i-picked-out-the-dress-bailey/)

[Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/)

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