“Mea Culpa. By That Sin Fell the Angels. Exuro, Exuro, Exuro.” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“And eventually I realized that the reason I felt so peaceful was because Wink wasn’t taking stock. She wasn’t trying to figure out if… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“I walked into her arms and we hugged like hugging was breathing and we'd been holding our breath for a long, long time.” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“Shopping at the Dandelion Co-op made me feel European. Very Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina in Paris (that movie played a few weeks ago in… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“River looked out the kitchen window, at the purple-black sky and the purple-black sea. "I've been having nightmares since I turned fourteen. Always. But then I took a nap with you a few days ago, and, all of a sudden, they're gone. I leave for a day, and 'boom', they come back, just like that." He paused. "You know what… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share
“The Citizen's attic was, objectively, breathtaking. The place was littered with trunks and old clothes and wardrobes and pieces of furniture and strange metal… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“I had to tell someone that a panther-hipped boy had come to live in my backyard.” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“People like you don’t go mad, Vi. They’re quiet on the outside and loud on the inside and sane as the day is long” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“Our town was small enough that I never developed a healthy fear of strangers. To me, they were exciting things, gift-wrapped and full of… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“River had never lost his cool, not since I'd know him. That was the thing about River. He was calm. Calm as a summer's… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“You stop fearing the Devil when you're holding his hand...” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“I pulled a black party dress and fake pearls out of a wooden trunk- very 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'- and went into the wardrobe to… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“That girl made me feel like I was dreaming. Broad daylight dreaming.” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image