“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… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You and I have a connection that nothing, not on heaven or earth, or even hell, could ever break. If you want… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Another silence for the record books. Then he sighs. "I know. It's crazy. I feel like --" He stops himself. He suddenly… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Angela says that angel-bloods are supposed to be immune to cold. It helps with the flying at high altitudes, I guess." I… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I wonder if the prayers of angel-bloods count more than regular people's.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences. I stare at him. I'm suddenly exhausted by all… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I’m not an angel. I don’t live in heaven or play a golden harp or have heart-to-heart conversations with the Almighty.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I think he seriously believes that deflowering an angel could mean an eternity in fiery hell.” — 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 Image
“I am amazed at how being with him changes everything for me, socially speaking.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
