Jackie Gonzalez

“I was a closed book, a rolled map, a dark territory uncharted; I was surprised by my urgency, but after all, to be known was to exist.”
― Heidi Heilig, The Girl from Everywhere

“Paradise is a promise no god bothers to keep. There’s only now, and tomorrow nothing will be the same, whether we like it or not.”
I bit my lip and tasted oranges; the juice was very sweet. “Is that really true?”
His smile was bright in the moonlight. “I promise.”
“Then I suppose . . . just tonight—”
This time I did not turn away, and so I discovered that his lips were even sweeter than the orange.”
― Heidi Heilig, The Girl from Everywhere

“Because I know from experience that sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Across a Star-Swept Sea

“Sometimes a person has to let go of something to take hold of something else. You always have to choose what's more important.”
― Heidi Heilig, The Girl from Everywhere