“Pain is like a map, I guess. But I found my shortcut on my "map of the heart." Shortcuts always take longer,… — Suzanne Palmieri Pain Copy Share Image
“I can still feel them there. His lips on mine. His words in my ear that day. "Itsy, say you'll be my… — Suzanne Palmieri Lips Copy Share Image
“What did you say to me Itsy? The day when you broke your silence?" Itsy shrugged and shuffled back into her own… — Suzanne Palmieri Silence Copy Share Image
“I like the dark," she said. "Ain't it just like a big blue blanket wrappin' us up with comfort?” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“You really are a chameleon, aren't you? Fitting in wherever you go. "Aren't we all?" she said...” — Suzanne Palmieri Chameleon Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t know back then, is that I was cold. I’d turned off the longing, knowing that if I let one… — Suzanne Palmieri Grief Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a dark side. This is pure fact. I can see it like a shadow behind them all the time.” — Suzanne Palmieri Dark Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's the smallest secrets that hold the most hope, the most fun, the most danger.” — Suzanne Palmieri Danger Copy Share Image
“The only problem is the heart is quiet. It takes a very special kind of person to hear what the heart says.… — Suzanne Palmieri Heart Copy Share Image
“Why do you suppose we do that, push ourselves away from those we love right when we need them the most?” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“No matter how silly I think it all is, society is still society and we are not free of the burdens of… — Suzanne Palmieri Society Copy Share Image
“You're a girl on fire. And it seems to me, you been dousing those flames for years. Let yourself burn a little.” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“ Magic is a funny term,' she'd say. 'There is nothing supernatural about the earth. As long as you know what does… — Suzanne Palmieri Magic Copy Share Image
“We gotta let people go, don’t we? If we hold on to them with all that anger, resentment, love … whatever, we… — Suzanne Palmieri Anger Copy Share Image
“Ifn’ you love someone, you love ’em. Can’t do nothin’ ’bout it,” she said. “Can’t I put a spell on myself not… — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“Last week you looked at me with love. You wanted to touch me. Last week I was happy. Now? Who are you?… — Suzanne Palmieri Love Copy Share Image
“When I was little, I thought it was terribly romantic, being half stardust, half Southern magnolia.” — Suzanne Palmieri Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“The air between them began to settle into a silence. Awkward, yet softly exciting. Like an unexpected snow day.” — Suzanne Palmieri Debut-novel Copy Share Image
“All the Amore siblings had The Sight in varying degrees, and its fickleness got us into trouble sometimes.” — Suzanne Palmieri Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“You'll be just fine," he said. "Listen to your heart and mind together, that's the trick. Not one or the other, both.” — Suzanne Palmieri Heart and mind Copy Share Image
“Father and Ivy used to go off on their excursions, never knowing that I was relieved when they were gone. That I'd… — Suzanne Palmieri Cozy Copy Share Image
“There is nothing worse than an awkward silence between two people who’ve never experienced it before.” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image