April Martinez

“I lie down on my back and look up at the stars, thousands of white lights in a sea of darkness. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by it all, the vastness of this life, the absolute miracle it is that I exist in this moment in time. How much magic is out in the universe, stretching beyond what the eye can see, reaching distances the mind can’t even comprehend?”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“I marvel at the way it feels to have this kind of connection to the world around me, what it’s like being one of the few people who can experience the universe in all its splendor. Magic has been here from the beginning of time, and I get to call it and direct it and feel the energy of the stars from which it came. I am infinite because of it.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“Because you’re special, Iris. You’re strange and surprising, and I’m endlessly curious about the things that take up space in your mind.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“You looked…free,” he finally says. “Wild.” He pauses, and his gaze falls to the ground. “Beautiful.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch