“I guess I always knew that our time together would be fleeting. Ephemeral.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“He's not meeting my eyes anymore. "We're young," he says. "We've got lots of time to fall in love.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I don't know what to say. This summer hasn't turned out at all the way I'd planned. I'm not supposed to be… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I love how he sometimes gets embarrassed by the mushy stuff between us and then his voice gets all gruff and he… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I didn't ever think you were a freak. I think...I thought you were magic or something. I thought that you were too… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“He loves me. Inside his head, his every thought and reaction was born of love, love inside and out, crazy, irrational (and… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry," I choke out. He's quiet. Tears drip off my chin. He lets out a slow, shaky breath. "Don't cry," he… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Tuck," I breathe, and then he kisses me. I've been kissed before. But nothing like this. He kisses me with surprising tenderness,… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“One minute you’re a happy fourteen-yearold—good at everything you try, popular, fun—the next you’re a freak with wings” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“I am amazed at how being with him changes everything for me, socially speaking.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“Again," I whisper. The corner of his mouth lifts, and then I kiss him. Not so gently this time. His hands drop from my… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“In fact, I've essentially given up on the idea of flight altogether and accepted that I'm going to be an angel-blood who stays earthbound,… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
Our purpose on this earth is not one single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“As your abilities begin to grow, your angelic side will start to manifest itself in more noticeable ways." "My angelic side. Great. Like I… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“You do know we're officially the talk of the town," I say to Tucker. He might as well have taken a marker to my… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“Tucker snorts. "Sage is a fighter, it spreads over the land like wildfire, sucking up all the water, the nutrients in the earth, until… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“I guess I always knew that our time together would be fleeting. Ephemeral.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night to watch over him while he slept, just in… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
“I should have fought for you, Clara, even if I would have had to fight you to fight for you. I should have never… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share
