"The world is made of more than particles. It's made of things you can't hold in your hand, like fear, love, loss, hope, truth."
- Jaclyn Moriarty
"I love her bare legs from a distance. When she's standing by a pool. When she's facing the water, thinking. Her legs are white as watermelon rind, veined blue from cold. There's that 'H' shape behind ..."
"Do you think there could be a universe next door?"
"The Irish people didn't get on that well with each other either. They hated the Catholics, was the main issue, as I see. You can't blame them for that. If I understand correctly, Catholics do not beli..."
"It's a lot easier to be crazy or mad than to just get on with living."
"How about we meet at midnight tomorrow and try this. I close my eyes, believe in you, and there you'll be."
"Well, this might sound stupid but I think he was my best friend. Like the other half of me. I'm so scared something might have happened to him when he went back. I miss him so much sometimes I look at..."
"There was something in the moonlight tonight. It was stroking the stonework and spires, leaning into cracks between the cobblestones, caressing the stained-glass windows. She felt her heart lift with ..."
"Distance is the journey. Displacement is the result."
"When she got back from taking Cassie to school Fancy knew that she ought to be working on her wilderness romance. She had promised thirty thousand words to her editor by tomorrow, and she had only wri..."