“And that might just be the root of the problem: we’re all afraid of each other.” — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“it seemed there was no separating the girl from the wings. One could not survive without the other.” — Leslye Walton Girl Copy Share Image
“And how perfectly I seemed to fit into the spaces of his body” — Leslye Walton Body Copy Share Image
“And then, in shocked disappointment, and stunned horror, I’m sure, Connor Lavender realized he was dead.” — Leslye Walton Death Copy Share Image
“I met someone.' And the leaves fell from the trees, landing to float in the calm black waters.” — Leslye Walton Lost love Copy Share Image
“She laughed for her wasted, difficult life that never had to be wasted or difficult in the first place.” — Leslye Walton Difficult life Copy Share Image
“Just because love don't look the way you think it should, don't mean you don't have it.” — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“Emilienne wore Maman's wedding dress. Just after the ceremony, Emilienne glanced in the mirror. She saw not her own reflection but a… — Leslye Walton Marriage Copy Share Image
“It was the song of the birds in spring and the call of the wind through bare branches on a cold winter… — Leslye Walton Bare branches Copy Share Image
“The whole world had given up on love anyway and clung instead to its malformed cousins: lust, narcissism, self-interest.” — Leslye Walton Love Copy Share Image
“Those born under Pacific Northwest skies are like daffodils: they can achieve beauty only after a long, cold sulk in the rain.” — Leslye Walton Daffodils Copy Share Image
“To think Viviane was beautiful required a certain acquired taste. It was the kind of beauty perceived only through the eyes of… — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“The days she was finally brought out of the house would later be remembered as a day when shadows seemed blacker, as… — Leslye Walton Darkness Copy Share Image
“That fact filled Gabe with so much hope that he grew another two inches just to have enough room to hold it… — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“Instead of dying, instead of slowly disappearing until only a broken body remained, what happened was quite the opposite - my body… — Leslye Walton Death Copy Share Image
“The Griffith House was like nothing Viviane remembered, reminding her of how fast the world changed and of how insignificant she was… — Leslye Walton Heart Copy Share Image
“By this point Viviane Lavender had loved Jack Griffith for twelve years, which was far more than half of her life. If… — Leslye Walton Cherry pie Copy Share Image
“I acknowledged Gabe and his attempts at flight the way a legless child might view a hopeful but misguided parent buying a… — Leslye Walton Buying a house Copy Share Image
“This time could be different. This time it could last. Maybe it would be a longer, deeper love: a real and solid… — Leslye Walton Deeper love Copy Share Image
“I found it ironic that I should be blessed with wings and yet feel so constrained, so trapped. It was because of… — Leslye Walton Average person Copy Share Image
“If she thought of her love as a commodity and were to, say, eat it, it would fill 4,745 cherry pies. If… — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“Because what else was there for me - an aberration, an untouchable, an outsider? What could I say when I was alone… — Leslye Walton Destiny Copy Share Image
“I knew that in the second letter he misspelled the word existence, replacing the second e with an a; in the fourth… — Leslye Walton Dreams Copy Share Image
“Falling out of love was much harder than Gabe would have liked. Normally led through life by the heart attached to his… — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
“There was no separating the girl from the wings. One could not survive without the other.” — Leslye Walton Girl Copy Share Image
“Foreseeing the future, I would later learn, means nothing if there is nothing to be done to prevent it.” — Leslye Walton Education Copy Share Image
“She wore light dabs of face powder on her cheeks to hide the permanent track marks left by so many tears.” — Leslye Walton Tears Copy Share Image
“She found that she did not mind losing the previous moment, for this one was just as lovely.” — Leslye walton Copy Share Image
“Love, as most know, follows its own timeline. Disregarding our intentions or well rehearsed plans.” — Leslye Walton Love Copy Share Image
“And that might just be the root of the problem: we're all afraid of each other, wings or no wings.” — Leslye Walton Copy Share Image
