Holly

“It was the first morning of the first day of the new century. Snow blanketed the ground. Anything was possible.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“I had never classified myself with other girls. I was not of their species; I was different. I had never thought my future would be like theirs.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“And then it came to me, like the first shocking glimpse of the sun's disk rising over the horizon, what it was I did want to do. It was so obvious that I wondered why I hadn't seen it before. I only had to say it aloud. Did I have the courage to do that? To reveal it in the open air? (...) 'I think,' I said, then stopped. 'I think maybe I want to go to the university.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“His voice, dark and velvety soft, intimate and yet cold: You have blood on your hands.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Rage