Martina Litty

“I didn't know I was lonely. I didn't know there was another way to be.”
― Susan Scarf Merrell, Shirley

“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

“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

“We slip, we careen through time. We slide, we lurch back to our beginnings.”
― Susan Scarf Merrell, Shirley