Rachel M. Martens > Quotes

“My question was not whether the living could go on dead, because I knew they could, but rather whether the person they once were, the shadow of their shattered soul, could ever be resurrected.”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore

“Throughout my life, I had always had the ability and the gift to escape into books,”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore

“They say that the hearts of the dead are never silent. They say that they
live on, beat on, love on forever. But what of the hearts of the living?”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore

“It was the emotional wounds that never really heal, the scars that can so easily be torn open again by a masochistic subconscious.”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore

“then there is also a tiny portion of the population that consists of individuals like me.  People made me very uncomfortable”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore

“Battered paperbacks and water-damaged hardcovers filled rickety bookshelves along the walls and continued out into the living area.  Just looking at the hundreds of books surrounding me, no matter their condition, was enough to chase away the nightmare.”
― Rachel M. Martens, Poe: Nevermore