Mckenzie Clark

“And I know the past isn’t a mirror image of the future, but it’s a reflection of what can be; and when your first love breaks your heart, the shards of that can still draw blood for a long, long time.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

“but I’m sure I’m the only one of the two of us who is so fixated on our brief affair. It was the single most defining moment in my life; no doubt it’s just one of many in his. I need to move on.”
― Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon

“She wished for Mr. Warren or Aunt Della or Uncle Syd to come and help them. Her mom knew how to do lots of things. She knew how to find blueberries and catch fish and shoot a gun, but Emaleen was worried that she didn’t know how to keep them safe.”
― Eowyn Ivey, Black Woods, Blue Sky

“He’s the one who taught me what love looked like and felt like and then taught me it’s a lie. I have never been able to come back from that.”
― Christina Lauren, Twice in a Blue Moon