“I had never seen her this way before, and I wondered why until I realized it was the tattoo; I saw, finally, there was magic at work here that was darker and deeper than I had imagined, that the tattoo… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
You can't expect people to give you the things you love, unless you know how to ask. — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“You only need one or two, if the area’s small, but Fairuz never did anything small if she could help it; the tattoo was… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“Then she set it aside. (She set everything aside. There was some hollow place inside her that few and grew.)” — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“It was for Alec she made the wings. It was the only gift she ever gave him; it was the only gift she has… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“When are you going to get a fella?" Lily asks Rose after a year or two of dancing. "I have one who wants to… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“Tenderly, as only monsters are tender, he asks, "Are you afraid to be like us, Ying?" "No," Ying says. (How can she be afraid… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“She sighs, breathing smoke through her lips. "Might as well dance.” — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right.” — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want. — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“I don’t know if I’ve vanished by then in this memory, or if it never happened and it’s one of the things I dream… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
“I had never seen her this way before, and I wondered why until I realized it was the tattoo; I saw, finally, there was… — Genevieve Valentine Copy Share Image
