Sheryl

“My whole body finally connected the dots, and I realized that even if we were never together, she’d ruined me and I’d never feel that way about anyone again.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“Then he left, and with him he took the sun, the moon, the stars, and anything inside of me that might have been good.”
― Julie Murphy, Side Effects May Vary

“Her childhood had been magical, hours spent in ecstatic loneliness in the apple orchard, dreaming of foreign lands and wild adventures. Everything was new, down to bird song and grass blades. By the time she had reached adulthood, the town around her was like a grandmother who had used up all her stories and now simply rocked on the porch. The same flowers, the same streets, year after year. She longed for someone more exotic. A prince. A pirate.”
― Kathy Hepinstall, Blue Asylum

“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.”
― Malorie Blackman, Knife Edge