J.M. Stengl

“This is not a good place,” I say, getting to my feet.

“Yeah, well.” Brielle shrugs. “It IS the entrance to a demon’s garden.”
― Sylvia Mercedes, Of Wolves and Wardens

“I'll never tell you to stop loving. You see, I believe in hopeless love. Oh yes. I believe in it with all my heart, though you may discount the heart of an old nanny like me. For real love brings pain. Real love means sacrifices and hurts and all the thousand shocks of life. But it also means beauty, true beauty.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Moonblood

“Then I plop into the sand, look up at the vast starry sky above, and cry until my tears run dry. I am alone, as I always have been.”
― Kate Stradling, Namesake