“Sure, we sparkled and glittered and flew through the world, but it was only an illusion of flight. We were trapped in the orbit of a man who was no longer truly there.”
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“Ah, even sitting here on my front porch, looking out over the fields, there's a part of me aches to see him walking. To conjure him out of the sunlight in the distance. The shape of my dad, I can almost see it, crossing the field toward me. Come to put his arm around me, reach out an arm to my mother as well, and I'll close my eyes and just breathe.”
― A Corner of White
― A Corner of White
“Do you think there could be a universe next door?”
― The Cracks in the Kingdom
― The Cracks in the Kingdom
“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.”
― The Cracks in the Kingdom
― The Cracks in the Kingdom
“Here come the colours of Madeleine, thought Jack, and the colours went right through his bloodstream now, sailing on tiny boats — spinnakers fixed with little toothpicks.”
― A Corner of White
― A Corner of White
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A Book Club for Young Adult fiction where the members are Adults, not teenagers. Selected books will lean toward best sellers and books adapted to fil ...more
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