Lainee

“I figure out they’re not making me new hands. They can’t do that, the doctor says like I’m slow, and I turn away to glare at the wall, eyes burning. Growing up, I believed in miracles. I guess I don’t anymore.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“I guess people can't be content without answers, even if they're wrong. We'd rather have a lie than a question that we can never know the answer to.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“Did he say anything interesting?” I ask. “A revelation that the Lord is reborn in a chicken nugget, maybe?”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“Jude used to try to make me laugh, and when I'd crack a smile he'd keep the joke going , like breath on an ember, making it grow into a fit of giggles that'd echo around the whole forest and make all the birds in the trees quiet.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly