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It hit him, as he reentered the party, Julian behind him, that perhaps Charlie had been onto something after all. And he never would have said “Julian’s in love with you,” because that would’ve made it worse. What mortal wouldn’t fall for
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“I'm just a child who's learned to impersonate an adult.”
― By Nightfall
― By Nightfall
“Childhood is such a delicate tissue; what they had done this morning could snag somewhere in the little ones, make a dull, small pain that will circle back again and again, and hurt them in small ways for the rest of their lives.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
“Parents are the mystified criminals, blinking in the docks, making it all the worse for themselves with every word they utter.”
― By Nightfall
― By Nightfall
“They can wound, stories, they can blister.”
― Arcadia
― Arcadia
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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