--- title: "1 Like Tornado Quotes By Megan Abbott" description: "1 Like Tornado quotes by Megan Abbott. Plus more from Megan Abbott and more Like Tornado sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/megan-abbott-9549_adolescence_the-drone-in-my-ear-it-s-like-the-tornad_1607870.png" --- > [“The drone in my ear, it’s like the tornado drill in elementary school, the hand-cranked siren that rang mercilessly, all of us hunched over on ourselves, facing the basement walls, heads tucked into our chests. Beth and me wedged tight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/the-drone-in-my-ear-it-s-like-the-tornado-drill-in-elementary-school/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/megan-abbott-9549_adolescence_the-drone-in-my-ear-it-s-like-the-tornad_1607870.png) ## More by Megan Abbott > [“She said I'd better not make her unhappy because I oughta know that she's never unhappy alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/she-said-i-d-better-not-make-her-unhappy-because-i-oughta-know-that/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [Reading Dorothy B. Hughes's novel 'In a Lonely Place' for the first time is like finding the long-lost final piece to an enormous puzzle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/reading-dorothy-b-hughes-s-novel-in-a-lonely-place-for-the-first-time/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“Bobby pins crunching under my feet, I walk through, surveying the damaged girlness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/bobby-pins-crunching-under-my-feet-i-walk-through-surveying-the/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/if-it-hadn-t-been-what-it-was-it-would-ve-been-beautiful/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [I'm always surprised at the negative response to the women in my books who are openly ambitious or experience aggression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/i-m-always-surprised-at-the-negative-response-to-the-women-in-my/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [I will read anything at all by Kate Atkinson, Daniel Woodrell, and William Kennedy, who are all fearless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/i-will-read-anything-at-all-by-kate-atkinson-daniel-woodrell-and/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“But she became Gabby’s friend in that way that can happen, because the girl with the cool boots always finds the girl with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/but-she-became-gabby-s-friend-in-that-way-that-can-happen-because-the/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“Where’d that world go, that world when you’re a kid, and now I can’t remember noticing anything, not the smell of the leaves or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/where-d-that-world-go-that-world-when-you-re-a-kid-and-now-i-can-t/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“This girl, this girl, and he a man with a business and a secretary and a house with a furnace and bills and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/this-girl-this-girl-and-he-a-man-with-a-business-and-a-secretary-and/) [megan abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [The speed of the TV stuff vs. the self-imposed pace of novel writing has been a big adjustment, and going back and forth often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/the-speed-of-the-tv-stuff-vs-the-self-imposed-pace-of-novel-writing/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“We’re all the same under our skin, aren’t we? We’re all wanting things we don’t understand. Things we can’t even name. The yearning so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/we-re-all-the-same-under-our-skin-aren-t-we-we-re-all-wanting-things/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“I think she might cry. In her way, she is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/i-think-she-might-cry-in-her-way-she-is/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [The more I did it-the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/the-more-i-did-it-the-more-it-owned-me-it-made-things-matter-it-put-a/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [“Here he is, the man who knows things and who should want to help me. But it is so hard to bring up things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/here-he-is-the-man-who-knows-things-and-who-should-want-to-help-me/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) > [On 'The Deuce,' the writers' room gets like group therapy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-abbott/on-the-deuce-the-writers-room-gets-like-group-therapy/) [Megan Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-abbott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-tornado/megan-abbott/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Tornado Quotes By Megan Abbott", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The drone in my ear, it’s like the tornado drill in elementary school, the hand-cranked siren that rang mercilessly, all of us hunched over on ourselves, facing the basement walls, heads tucked into our chests. 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