Everybody was outdoors. This was the walkingest place…

“The letter, crumpled in her purse, felt as large as any Rocky Mountain.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“It was darker in the tower than any place Devnee had ever been. The dark had textures, some velvet, some satin. The dark shifted…

— Caroline B. Cooney

“I stalked you. Don’t be mad.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“He shrugged and sipped his root beer. It came in a bottle. He liked holding a bottle to his lips much more than a…

— Caroline B. Cooney

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published

— Caroline B. Cooney

“Reeve loved that Janie would make the plans. She’d make a list, he’d follow it, that would be that.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“The Harbor was a plain brick building, undistinguished and solid.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“A bag lady of indeterminate race pushed her belongings in a cart, on top of which she had balanced a broken-legged plastic chair and…

— Caroline B. Cooney

“The best thing about college was that you could wear anything anywhere.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“But West, like the rest of the Trevors, was endlessly polite. It gave them protection; they could stand neatly behind their courtesy.”

— Caroline B. Cooney

“I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when…

— Caroline B. Cooney

“I actually thought you would be kind," said the vampire. "Go away!" screamed Devnee. He did not answer. "I didn't have to be kind,"…

— Caroline B. Cooney

But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found the way home.

— Caroline B. Cooney

“When you were steadily dating a boy, as she was Reeve, and this was known to everybody, it freed you up to be friends…

— Caroline B. Cooney

“He would have said Stephen was a sort of human tire iron;”

— Caroline B. Cooney