Deb Tuttle

“I stared off into the night—the shadows against the dark—drifting in and out of consciousness. The shadows shifting as clouds passed in front of the moon. The dark shapes in my peripheral vision, creeping like monsters.”
― Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

“Even the strong are lonely. Even the adored are sad.”
― Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls

“There’s also a word in German, Sehnsucht, used to describe an indefinable and intense yearning for a person, or place, or an experience, or state that is unattainable or beyond one’s current reach. Like saudade, it’s associated with nostalgia, melancholy, unfulfilled dreams—a concept much explored in German literature, philosophy, and psychology, and often considered a fundamental part of the human experience.” Her gaze meets Chloe’s again. “This loneliness resides deep inside every one of us, whether a person is in a relationship, a marriage, or a group, or a city—it’s a shadowy part of who we are as humans.”
― Loreth Anne White, The Swimmer

“Lies, he knows, only get bigger until they bury the teller under an avalanche.”
― Kathryn Croft, I Know What I Saw