“Sometimes at night, when the nightmare clung to me, I wondered if Peter’s assurances that I would never grow up were only assurances that I would die before such a thing happened. I wondered if that were better, to die… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“All children grow up, or they die, or both. All children, except one.” — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing worse than having a fit and no one giving you the proper attention for it.” — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I didn’t believe him at first, about the island, though.” “I didn’t either,”I said. “I don’t know that anyone does. It sounds like a… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Well, that was a beautiful wedding," Beezle said. "The bride has spider goo in her hair and the groom smells like sulfur. the parking-lot-in-front-of-the-burning… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“She knew what he offered. He would kill her first, with the gun or the knife or his fists if he had to, and… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“It’s not such a wonderful thing, to be young,” I said. “It’s heartless, and selfish.” “But, oh, so free,” Nod said sadly. “So free… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I was suddenly sorry I'd grown, even if it was only a little, and wished I could be similar again and that it was… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you’d done as well as the good, and knowing all your… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Yes, because it’s obviously better if you beat each other to death with rocks instead of stabbing each other like civilized human beings,” Sal… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“ Come on, Jamie, follow me. Follow me and you’ll never grow up! ” I took one step, and then another, and then I… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“She heard a little popping noise then like something had broken in the space between them. Cheshire frowned. "That was not very fun of… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Gabriel is my bodyguard, " I said stiffly. J.B. snorted. "He wants something to do with your body, but it ain't guarding that he's… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
