Christy

“I can’t really appreciate the stars, so beautiful against the blue-black sky, they make me want to live to see them another night. A growing part of me wishes I could stop striving for life and lie down and die, so the beauty of the stars only stokes my anger, to be honest. Stars are for people safe enough to enjoy them.”
― Julie Eshbaugh, Crown of Oblivion: A Gripping YA Survival Fantasy About a Cutthroat Race for Freedom

“With a final click of the door, I know she's gone. It feels like that moment when the end credits run at a movie, and you wish there were just a few more minutes left before you have to dump your popcorn in the trash. A few more moments before you return to your real life, leaving the imaginary world and characters of the movie behind, trading them in for your own reality.”
― Jessica Pennington, Love Songs & Other Lies

“Say yes to what exactly?" Ginny asks. "To everything . To anything.”
― Jessica Pennington, Love Songs & Other Lies

“Life has given me little reason to feel large, but I see no need to make myself feel smaller.”
― Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light