Martina Litty

“When she returned, she leaned on the table beside Adam, who touched her wrist. She didn't know what to do in response. Touch it back? The moment had passed. She resented her body for not giving her the correct answer.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“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

“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