Rosa Rodriguez

“You want things to be different? Work to make them different. Work until your back aches and your fingers bleed and everything hurts so bad, you forget the pain in your heart”
― Crystal Smith, Greythorne

“When I was six, I cried for almost an hour in the parking lot of the King of Prussia Mall because my mom wouldn’t buy me a Godzilla DVD.” She actually looks up at me. “What?” “To be fair, it was King Kong vs. Godzilla, the old one. I just thought the cover looked cool. It was only five bucks in the bargain bin. But yeah, almost an hour. And she sat there in silence the whole time until I finally started to calm down. Then you know what she did?” Cara shakes her head and reaches out for the water. I try not to look at her as she drinks. “She queues up a song on her phone and hits play. And it’s the Rolling Stones. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want.’ I cried for another seven minutes while she sang at the top of her lungs.”
― Erik J. Brown, All That's Left in the World

“When he kisses me, my chest feels lighter again, like he's taking on some of my sorrow but passing on some of his love.”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

“I was far more afraid of those who hated sinners than I ever was of sin.”
― Crystal Smith, Bloodleaf