Martina Litty

“i am the pebble in your italian loafers (also the reason you can own them). i am the shadow that curves over the swollen cracked plaster in barry's ceiling, waking him in fear when the moon is bright. i am the acrid taste that flows from the kitchen taps after heavy rains. i am after you, i am part of you, i am everywhere, i love you.”
― Susan Scarf Merrell, Shirley

“After a moment, he calmed enough to see how his anger was a separate thing inside him, a dingy, surprise gift from his father.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Do you think you're a train wreck?'

'That would mean I was on the tracks to start with,' he replied.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“His heart smack[ed] against his ribs like a bumblebee at a window.”
― Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay