“Something like hope begins to burn in me and I try to snuff it out.” — Laekan Zea Kemp Hope Copy Share Image
“The tide surged, carving a crescent in the sand. Water collapsed” — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“She kissed me and I thought I was going to rip into nothing, the joy carving me into pieces from the inside… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“Then he kissed her without breathing, without thinking. He kissed her until his entire body was tingling from the taste of her.” — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“Fear, they had come to realize, not machines, is the most powerful weapon there is.” — Laekan Zea Kemp Computers Copy Share Image
“My mom sensed urgency even though there was none and I thought the charm I’d made was going to disintegrate in her… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“The gypsies were a special breed. It wasn't blood that flowed through their veins but rhythm.” — Laekan Zea Kemp Gypsies Copy Share Image
“Diego smiled, bottom lip between his teeth, as he took a step toward Liliana. He lingered there, long moist breaths cascading down… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“People weren't made for this kind of thing, he said, the way I feel about you, how much I feel, no one… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“He looked like he’d been carved from himself by jagged tools, an unsteady hand giving him angles where there should have been… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“He wondered what it was like for her to be reading about what happened instead of having lived through it—seeing the war… — Laekan Zea Kemp War Copy Share Image
“He wanted to feel her mouth, to taste every sloping curve and smooth indention, every inch of him melting until he was… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“back orange. “Did you bring stuff every weekend?” I asked. “Just about,” he said. “Thought you’d be pressed for time when you… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“She heard the door crack open, the sharp cock of the gun and then all she could do was crawl into the… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“Time is a false thing, meaningless when it's not attached to colors and people and light because in the dark there is… — Laekan Zea Kemp Clock Copy Share Image
“Liliana ran her fingers across the indentions and in the dim light, she felt as if she were trying to read Braille.… — Laekan Zea Kemp Braille Copy Share Image
“Diego thought about the night before, about the first breaths of morning chasing them from that old abandoned building, his arms twisted… — Laekan Zea Kemp Ruins Copy Share Image
“This journal will stay hidden among the dusty coverless books lining my bookshelf until the day I need to be reminded of… — Laekan Zea Kemp Books Copy Share Image
“Liliana stood staring at the posters, filling in the dark silhouettes with worn, grey faces. She imagined her mother, eyes dark and… — Laekan Zea Kemp Break free Copy Share Image
“Liliana woke with her face pressed into the crook of Diego’s arm, lips parted against his skin as the sun was just… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“The word skirted her to a halt. She had never heard anyone describe her as being impulsive. That implied some kind of… — Laekan Zea Kemp Heart Copy Share Image
“The air suddenly seemed to recoil from Diego’s lungs. While Liliana’s memories trickled in through the safety of her dreams, his came… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“She’d already scanned every word a hundred times, absorbing every nuance in gradation and every stray mark of her mother’s pen—from the… — Laekan Zea Kemp Heart Copy Share Image
“brushed the hair from my face and I felt it stiff and sticking to her fingers. “Four weeks,” she said. Four. I… — Laekan Zea Kemp Getting better Copy Share Image
“He had seen her glowing silhouette slip past his window and had watched her as she stood there, completely still, arms tangled… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“She smiled, her arm grazing his as one of her fingers hovered over the wet paint. She pressed down, absorbing some of… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
“You’re not going to disappear,” I said. “I won’t let you”. “Even if this is all there is? Going to school and… — Laekan Zea Kemp Copy Share Image
