"We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams."
- Kate Chisman
"I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still blew around us and the house still stood."
"In the morning, that moment, when I knew it was you. When I could feel you breathing and we opened our eyes at the exact same time."
"You talked over the tour guide who pointed to houses and windows. Showing us where people had lived and died and other people now stayed in their place. Just like a broken heart." - Adieu"
"I cried for all of those things that should have just been for us..."
"These were the things we would never notice were missing."
"The diamonds glinted under the glare of the chandelier and they looked like a thousand spider eyes"
"The chandelier was wearing on its rubber support and the crack at the side of the ceiling hold was getting bigger. “One day that’s going to fall on us and spear you through the heart,” he said. I turn..."
"In the dark behind the glare of the television, like a mannequin behind it, I could see a silhouette and it wasn’t moving. It was maybe six foot high with its shoulders hunched and I blinked to make s..."
"The scratching came from the attic. At night, when Rory turned out the light I would lie awake and wait for it to skit, skit, skit lightly across the floorboards above our heads and down behind the wa..."