Zoe

“He tells us we're having an assessment quiz and gives a boy in the front row a bunch of papers to hand out to the class. When the boy gets close to me, he hesitates, holding the sheets tentatively, like he's offering a bunny carcass to a rabid dog.”
― Erin Stewart, Scars Like Wings

“The day was gray, the color of Europe.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The summer came upon the country like a conqueror.”
― Somerset Maugham

“Her bare feet whispered across the floor as she approached him with the sort of stealth that only small children and trained killers possess.”
― Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans