An Untold Want Quotes

“Seek within, for the answer cannot be found without.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“Instead it yanks on a worm wiggling in the loosened soil. Its feathers shimmer in the morning sunlight, a malignant green on black as it tosses its beak back, devouring the worm, and then it cocks its head to stare at her, its eyes funereal and questioning.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“For as long as she can remember, telling stories has been her momma's gift to those around her, fables filled with rich, detailed accounts of gods and monsters, of love and curses. She can weave a tale from Spanish moss and moonlight that will make a young girl's heart resonate with yearning or weep with anguish. Her coastal Georgia roots add a dark sweetness to all her narratives, one that stains her stories with sorrow like a drop of molasses dissolving in warm butter.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“Thursday, the-night-of-the-date, comes and goes, leaving a school bus tire track across Desi's heart, fear abrading her mind until she can think of nothing except what the future will be like if something develops between her dad and Libby.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“She loves the smell of his fur, all warm and musky and cat-spit clean.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“Gravity overcomes grace and form at a certain mass level.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“I need to be able to trust you.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“Too much truth destroys.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want

“Even though this princess loved the oak and the castle and her mother, the queen, she tired of the beautiful swamp, of her surroundings. You see, as she grew she came to realize that if she looked too closely, she could recognize evil things in the swamp as well as all the extraordinary things she loved. There were hurtful, malicious things, things that grew quickly, quick enough to ensnare her and smother her if she wasn't careful, maybe even quick enough to steal her life away.”
― Sara Stark, An Untold Want