Lucy Donnelly

“Hear the language that isn’t spoken, for everyone can hear spoken words, but only a few can hear the heart that beats behind it.”
― Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves

“I believe there are far more possibilities than happily ever after or tragedy. Every story has the potential for infinite endings”
― Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart

“To love and be loved was more than could ever be expected, more than enough for a thousand ordinary lifetimes.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“Maybe it was the memory of Jimmy not letting her finish, not letting her tell him she had visited the clinic but cold not go through with the abortion because she had once made a promise to God, a promise that saw her friend return safe from his own hell, a promise that saw her cast out, whispered of, a pariah in the small town that she so loved. Maybe it was the memory of the way she folded herself away from his punches and kicks and cradled the life that grew inside of her. Or perhaps it was simply the touch that broke her,..”
― Chris Whitaker