Beth Ann Hamilton

“She used the bathroom, running the tap noisily and disturbing the towels. She knew immediately that her mother had bought these towels — cream, a ridiculous color for towels — and monogrammed — also ridiculous, my mother thought. But then, just as quickly, she laughed at herself. She was beginning to wonder how useful her scorched-earth policy had been to her all these years. Her mother was loving if she was drunk, solid if she was vain. When was it all right to let go not only of the dead but of the living—to learn to accept?”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

“Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

“She was back on the ground, looking down at the bugs rather than up at the sky.”
― Ann Brashares, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

“She thought she was independent and strong, but she got one small taste of love and she was hungrier than anyone. She was ravenous.”
― Ann Brashares, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood