Stephanie Gillespie

“Quinn looked to the horizon as the cornstalks swayed with the breeze. The corn itself could have been waving hello, or it could have been breathing.”
― Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield

“Love shouldn’t hinge solely on exposing your physical body to another person. Love was intangible. Universal. It was whatever someone wanted it to be and should be respected as such. For Alice, it was staying up late and talking about nothing and everything and anything because you didn’t want to sleep—you’d miss them too much. It was catching yourself smiling at them because wow, how does this person exist?? before they caught you. It was the intimacy of shared secrets. The comfort of unconditional acceptance. It was a confidence in knowing no matter what happened that person would always be there for you.”
― Claire Kann, Let's Talk About Love

“To be a woman is to be warbound, knowing all the odds are stacked against you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret Never to be told”
― Ruth Ware, The Death of Mrs. Westaway