Bailie Devlin

“Can you wait for me inside the hospital lobby instead of outside?”
― Samantha Brinn, Yours to Lose

“And I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe when I try to imagine living without you. I’ve tried it once, and it didn’t go well. But … but at least you were alive, out there, somewhere. Soon … soon…”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“But before I got close, Ravyn stepped between his cousin and me. “I’ll spare you a rider,” he said to Elm. “Go on with the others.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“Jake is there. He’s there! Mallory can smell the browned butter sizzling in the pan before he makes the omelets. She can see him standing on Tuckernuck, their provisions at his feet, wondering if Mallory is ever going to pick him up or if he’s supposed to know where to walk, how to find her. She can hear him reading his fortune aloud: Practice makes perfect.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, 28 Summers