Ellen Thompson

“It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't gonna be long enough.”
― S.E Hinton

“Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“You love me. Real or not real?
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

“It rained the day they brought us to Thurmond.
And it rained the day I walked out.”
― Alexandra Bracken, In the Afterlight