Allyssa Nicholas

“What are the two types of people who can see things that aren’t there, Kate? And his quiet whisper of a punch line. Visionaries and psychopaths.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“The world is filled with invisible, theoretical assassins, armed projections of our deepest ids, bearing guns loaded with wish-bullets. If you listen closely, you can hear them singing as they whiz by your head, always passing harmlessly through their intended targets.”
― Barry Lyga, Bang

“Kate Reese shivered when she realized the sad truth: Even monsters are adorable when they are little.”
― Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

“And some of these people have secrets. All of them do, really. But some of them have the real ones, the messy ones. The deep, dark, shadowy ones that lurk just beneath the skin, traveling through their veins and spreading like a sickness. Dividing, multiplying, then dividing again. I wonder which ones they are: the ones with the kinds of secrets that touch every organ and render them rotten. The kinds of secrets that will eat them alive from the inside out.”
― Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things