Lyndall Clipstone > Quotes

“I open my eyes and press my hands deep into the mud. Light blooms at my palms. I am the sun. I am wildfire.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“I walked into the shadows. I came into the dark. I chose this, and I am not afraid.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“I feel like something broken that’s been put back together imperfectly, the cracks sealed with gold paint. Mended, but changed.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“Better a soft heart than no heart at all" -Violetta”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“The Monster of Lakesedge is a boy with long dark hair and a sharp, beautiful face. And somehow that makes all of this so much worse.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“There are monsters in the world. There are monsters in the woods.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“I’m at the lake’s edge, the water before me—deep and dark and endless. With one word, I’ll plunge beneath the surface.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“How do you name a creature who has no name? You give them a name.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Forestfall

“Once I called her a ghost. And now, ghostlike, she haunts me. Awake. Asleep. All I see is Leta.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Forestfall

“You are beautiful and complicated and the smartest person I have ever met. How could I not love you?”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Tenderly, I Am Devoured

“A wet hush. Like … water. Like there’s water beneath the plaster of the walls, dripping down, and—”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Lakesedge

“I take a moment to memorize every detail of this ... this man has exasperated me, confused me, and lifted me up for years. One of the very group of people I should hate beyond all others. The kindest man I've ever met. The one who holds my heart in his gentle, battered hands. "I love you.”
― Lyndall Clipstone, Tenderly, I Am Devoured