What Stella Sees Quotes

“she had come to believe her very mind was toxic—because the sea had become toxic. She did not know how to explain the interconnection between herself and the water: how they were connected as one, and how she was a living example of a poisoned planet.”
― Sarah Kornfeld, What Stella Sees

“That moment between them was the first one where their bodies did not hurt, and the reprieve from pain was so erotic that it made Stella feel like an orange suddenly peeled—all the sections of her opened up to be eaten.”
― Sarah Kornfeld, What Stella Sees

“She yanked up the file, her notebook, and purse in one swoop. She let the magazine by her foot lie there open, and pushed her heel into its center as she left. The waiting room breathed a deep sigh of relief as she left.”
― Sarah Kornfeld, What Stella Sees