--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Kathleen,\" he calls, his voice a groan…" description: "\"“Kathleen,\" he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in names. Can she hear him? \"Kathleen,\" he calls again, louder. Behind him, the denizens of Twi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg" --- # Kathleen," he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in… ![“Kathleen," he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in names. Can she hear him? "Kathleen," he calls again, louder. Behind him, the denizens of Twilight murmur. "KATHLEEN," he cries. His anguish batters the shining wall, shifting the starstruck colors from rose and lapis to deep purple and…” quote by Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg) > ““Kathleen," he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in names. Can she hear him? "Kathleen," he calls again, louder. Behind him, the denizens of Twilight murmur. "KATHLEEN," he cries. His anguish batters the shining wall, shifting the starstruck colors from rose and lapis to deep purple and bloody magenta, but it remains inviolable. Shadowman drops his scythe in the waters. He'll scream forever, if need be, until the day the walls tumble into the ocean. "Hey, you." Shadowman's attention whips to the top of the wall some distance down the shoreline to his left. An angel is perched on the edge - fair hair, fair-eyed, skin a soft café. A recent crossing. "Trade you," Custo says. Shadowman has no words. "You want in or don't you? Heaven's no place for me, and I'm not hanging around until they figure it out." The angel glances over his shoulder. The murmurs of Twilight grow louder, sharper, but Shadowman pays them no mind. Not anymore. They've already done their worst. "I do," Shadowman says. Custo flashes a grin. "Meet me at the wall.”” [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A desperate plea to a lost love reveals deep longing and the struggle against immutable barriers, highlighting both vulnerability and resolve. **In simple terms:** Desperate plea to a lost love shows longing and struggle against barriers. Key Takeaway Acknowledge and confront personal barriers. Themes love longing conflict identity redemption Mood melancholic hopeful Type narrative dramatic When to use this quote - personal crisis - relationship repair - spiritual quest - overcoming isolation Key Concepts existential yearning psychic struggle mythic symbolism Questions to Reflect On - What internal walls do you resist breaking? - How can vulnerability become strength? A Different Perspective The wall may symbolize internal resistance that cannot be broken by force alone. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/) [Hanging around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hanging-around/) [Murmurs Twilight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murmurs-twilight-5005108/) [Says Shadowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/says-shadowman-5005107/) [Shadowman Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadowman-attention-5005109/) [Shadowman Says](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadowman-says-5005106/) [Shadowman Words](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadowman-words-5005105/) ## Related quotes > [“It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. I’d been hanging around dryads”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/it-made-sense-and-i-felt-kind-of-stupid-i-d-been-hanging-around-dryads/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) > [There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rzeznik/there-was-always-a-guitar-hanging-around-the-house-when-i-was-a-kid/) [John Rzeznik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rzeznik/) > [I'm calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-o-reilly/i-m-calling-for-all-responsible-americans-to-fight-back-and-punish/) [Bill O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-o-reilly/) > [Faculty Psychology is getting to be respectable again after centuries of hanging around with phrenologists and other dubious types. By faculty psychology I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-fodor/faculty-psychology-is-getting-to-be-respectable-again-after-centuries/) [Jerry Fodor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-fodor/) > [Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/guys-like-otis-blackwell-and-bobby-darin-and-all-the-guys-who-were/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/we-get-so-many-people-saying-short-fiction-is-not-economical-that-it/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) > [If smiling makes you live longer, then Im never gonna die if I keep hanging around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-smiling-makes-you-live-longer-then-im-never-gonna-die-if-i-keep/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“He changed his final wad up at the train station. Which was a sad place now. There were homeless people and disturbed people hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/he-changed-his-final-wad-up-at-the-train-station-which-was-a-sad/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) > [The most dangerous kind of girl involvement with gangs is one where the girls are just sort of hanging around the gang boys or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meda-chesney-lind/the-most-dangerous-kind-of-girl-involvement-with-gangs-is-one-where/) [Meda Chesney-Lind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meda-chesney-lind/) > [At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies - a band I ended up playing with a lot - and it just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-ray/at-some-point-i-was-hanging-around-with-the-butchies-a-band-i-ended/) [Amy Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-ray/) > [“What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/what-i-was-really-hanging-around-for-i-was-trying-to-feel-some-kind/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) > [You can tell when someone is just trying to use you. It becomes just someone who's hanging around. Whenever someone sucks up to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/topher-grace/you-can-tell-when-someone-is-just-trying-to-use-you-it-becomes-just/) [Topher Grace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/topher-grace/) > [I didn't go to university. They offered me a job as a junior reporter and I went off to work for the Southern Reporter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-douglas/i-didn-t-go-to-university-they-offered-me-a-job-as-a-junior-reporter/) [Jill Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-douglas/) > [It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-kinkade/it-is-easy-to-have-a-lot-of-paintings-or-projects-hanging-around-that/) [Thomas Kinkade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-kinkade/) > [“It seemed my whole life was composed of these disjointed fractions of time, hanging around in one public place and then another, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/it-seemed-my-whole-life-was-composed-of-these-disjointed-fractions-of/) [Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/) ## More by Erin Kellison > [“Adam swallowed thickly. "Can you see the future?" "I see many futures." "Many?" "As many futures as there are choices." "Do I defeat the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/adam-swallowed-thickly-can-you-see-the-future-i-see-many-futures-many/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Maybe the Indirect Surveillance thing cost him brain cells. Good thing he was so pretty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/maybe-the-indirect-surveillance-thing-cost-him-brain-cells-good-thing/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Maisie was willing to bet there’d be a third living room within. Because what else would they do with all this space but buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/maisie-was-willing-to-bet-there-d-be-a-third-living-room-within/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“He was huge, no missing that, but she was determined to have him regardless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/he-was-huge-no-missing-that-but-she-was-determined-to-have-him/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Banshee. Beauty. And, well, badass. He always knew she had it in her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/banshee-beauty-and-well-badass-he-always-knew-she-had-it-in-her/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“He dragged her to him, and she, being equally focused on attaching her mouth to his, lost her balance. Stepping in for the save,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/he-dragged-her-to-him-and-she-being-equally-focused-on-attaching-her/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“She gave herself up to the waves of the storm. If they drowned, it would be together, a shattered vessel on the sea, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/she-gave-herself-up-to-the-waves-of-the-storm-if-they-drowned-it/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Lady Amunsdale," Talia said, looking around the room. Nothing. Ridiculous. She tried again, louder, with melodrama. "Lady Amunsdale. Please grace us with your presence."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/lady-amunsdale-talia-said-looking-around-the-room-nothing-ridiculous/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“I want to know--or understand something. I've been sick my whole life. What is the point of being alive if I never get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/i-want-to-know-or-understand-something-i-ve-been-sick-my-whole-life/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“How very…underhanded of him to hide these chiseled abs and dizzying obliques with suits. Steve-o had been holding out on her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/how-very-underhanded-of-him-to-hide-these-chiseled-abs-and-dizzying/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Whatever was going on with Rook and Coll officially didn’t matter anymore. They’d just have to rot in prison by themselves. He’d join them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/whatever-was-going-on-with-rook-and-coll-officially-didn-t-matter/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Abigail laughed. "Poor Adam. Probably thought he'd found a woman who would follow his lead, do everything he said. Got a banshee instead. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/abigail-laughed-poor-adam-probably-thought-he-d-found-a-woman-who/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“True fear has nothing to do with what might happen to you, however painful or vile that might be. True fear is all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/true-fear-has-nothing-to-do-with-what-might-happen-to-you-however/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“Never had she come so hard that she’d been left a noodle. Al dente, she thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/never-had-she-come-so-hard-that-she-d-been-left-a-noodle-al-dente-she/) [Erin Kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) > [“There is no reason for beauty. It just is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/there-is-no-reason-for-beauty-it-just-is/) [erin kellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) [Explore all 23 Erin Kellison quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/) ## More Gaze quotes > [I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/i-need-a-bath-he-chuckled-you-smell-of-smoke-as-do-i-the-duke-turned/) [Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/) > [“Taylor said a prayer for the man, and apologized out loud. Knowing there was nothing left to do, she turned to leave. As she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-t-ellison/taylor-said-a-prayer-for-the-man-and-apologized-out-loud-knowing/) [J.T. Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-t-ellison/) > [“If it makes you feel any better, he’s been all sad doll lately too.” “What are you talking about, Chels?” Chelsea stopped walking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-derting/if-it-makes-you-feel-any-better-he-s-been-all-sad-doll-lately-too/) [Kimberly Derting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-derting/) > [“Rodrigo tried to draw a deep breath, but his chest was too filled with anguish, rage and guilt. He kissed his ash-coated fingers. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-valdez/rodrigo-tried-to-draw-a-deep-breath-but-his-chest-was-too-filled-with/) [Lisa Valdez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-valdez/) > [“still feel the same way? Could he have changed this much on the inside too? Struggling for the right words, I opened my mouth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-wild/still-feel-the-same-way-could-he-have-changed-this-much-on-the-inside/) [Meredith Wild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-wild/) > [“Being held by him, kissed and mastered, taken under and swept away, enthralled her in a way she—an independent woman if nothing else in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-sumner/being-held-by-him-kissed-and-mastered-taken-under-and-swept-away/) [Tracy Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-sumner/) > [“Don’t you remember how hot we were together, Lane? God.” He takes a quick breath through clenched teeth and runs his hand down my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-a-valentine/don-t-you-remember-how-hot-we-were-together-lane-god-he-takes-a-quick/) [Michelle A. Valentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-a-valentine/) > [“She knew how to play him so very well. He slipped his hand around hers. "Friends," he repeated roughly. Her smile was bright enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-smith/she-knew-how-to-play-him-so-very-well-he-slipped-his-hand-around-hers/) [Kathryn Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-smith/) > [“Damn.” Phineas turned the Big Boy off, then noticed he’d left the box on the bed. Damn, had Zoltan seen it? He stuffed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerrelyn-sparks/damn-phineas-turned-the-big-boy-off-then-noticed-he-d-left-the-box-on/) [Kerrelyn Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerrelyn-sparks/) > [“Now you," Grandma barks at him. "Yes, you, the invisible truck driver," she added, giving me a wicked grin. "Go stand next to Rose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-freitas/now-you-grandma-barks-at-him-yes-you-the-invisible-truck-driver-she/) [Donna Freitas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-freitas/) > [His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/his-fingertips-slid-down-from-my-face-lightly-stroking-the-line-of-my/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“from THE DEVIL YOU KNOW : She wanted him too. He could see it in the rapid rise of her breasts. He could smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emery-lee/from-the-devil-you-know-she-wanted-him-too-he-could-see-it-in-the/) [Emery Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emery-lee/) > [“You know when I said I didn't need you?" I asked. He lifted one brow. "I was so wrong.I can't find words to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-jensen/you-know-when-i-said-i-didn-t-need-you-i-asked-he-lifted-one-brow-i/) [Melissa Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-jensen/) > [“I didn’t say it just to get you to jump. I’m in love with you, Zane,” he admitted in a calm, clear voice. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-urban/i-didn-t-say-it-just-to-get-you-to-jump-i-m-in-love-with-you-zane-he/) [Madeleine Urban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-urban/) > [“This explains so much," she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. "You're compensating for this withered appendage." Withered appendage? What the devil was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/this-explains-so-much-she-said-clucking-her-tongue-in-mother-hen/) [Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/) [Browse all 15,087 Gaze quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Kathleen,\" he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in names. Can she hear him? \"Kathleen,\" he calls again, louder. Behind him, the denizens of Twilight murmur. \"KATHLEEN,\" he cries. His anguish batters the shining wall, shifting the starstruck colors from rose and lapis to deep purple and bloody magenta, but it remains inviolable. Shadowman drops his scythe in the waters. He'll scream forever, if need be, until the day the walls tumble into the ocean. \"Hey, you.\" Shadowman's attention whips to the top of the wall some distance down the shoreline to his left. An angel is perched on the edge - fair hair, fair-eyed, skin a soft café. A recent crossing. \"Trade you,\" Custo says. Shadowman has no words. \"You want in or don't you? Heaven's no place for me, and I'm not hanging around until they figure it out.\" The angel glances over his shoulder. The murmurs of Twilight grow louder, sharper, but Shadowman pays them no mind. Not anymore. They've already done their worst. \"I do,\" Shadowman says. Custo flashes a grin. \"Meet me at the wall.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erin Kellison" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-there-is-magic-in-names-can-she/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Gaze" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-there-is-magic-in-names-can-she/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/erin-kellison-25062_hanging-around_kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-ther_1416485.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kathleen,\" he calls, his voice a groan. There is magic in names. Can she hear him? \"Kathleen,\" he calls…” — Erin Kellison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Erin Kellison", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-kellison/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Kathleen,\" he calls, his voice a...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-there-is-magic-in-names-can-she/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-kellison/kathleen-he-calls-his-voice-a-groan-there-is-magic-in-names-can-she/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```