Emmeline Webb

“Ronan hadn't known anything about who Adam was then and, if possible, he'd known even less about who he himself was, but as they drove away from the boy with the bicycle, this was how it had begun: Ronan leaning back against his seat and closing his eyes and sending up a simple, inexplicable, desperate prayer to God: Please.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“When I finished my bowl, without thinking, I dipped my finger in the glaze that had accumulated and Roland licked it right off my finger, ravenous. "quite a sight." Mary finally said, and I felt like maybe she was sincere, that we were something to behold.”
― Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here

“One morning, Carl showed up at the door. "We need to take the kids to the doctor," he said, and I knew that he had practiced how he would say this and had decided that a direct statement, like it wasn't up for debate, was the best way to proceed. I imagined him saying it to his reflection in the mirror.”
― Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here

“Welcome home. Welcome back. We missed you. I missed you more than I should have, more than I wanted to. I went to hell for you. I’d do it again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent