“There are two ways to respond when life hands you something unpleasant,” the grandmother said, smiling down at the infant in her… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“The backcountry signs say stuff like BEYOND THIS POINT IS A HIGH RISK AREA, WHICH HAS MANY HAZARDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED… — 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
“I've learned that a storm isn't always just a bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something new. I've… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You have made my life into something so extraordinary, you can't even know.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Clara's mother: Yes, and what could possible be more important to your life right now than Christian? Clara: I'm going out with… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Okay, that was, I have to say, about the cheesiest thing I ever heard in my life,” I say to Angela as… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I've seen the future all my life,' she says. 'It tends to work as a paradox, in my experience. You find out… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I have a good life, I remind myself. There are plenty of people who love me. They're just not around at the… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“They stare at each other, one of those high-testosterone stares. “Amazing,” Tucker says. There’s a challenge in his voice. “Best summer of… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You figure out those things that give your life meaning, and you hold onto them. You try to stop worrying about the… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“How do you go on living like normal when you know that something bad’s going to happen?” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“He doesn't know where he is. He thinks this is his normal life. I don't have time to ruminate about how depressing… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“He’s waiting. He’s still waiting. He’s given up everything for me. His entire life. His future. Everything, because he wants to keep… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that sometimes, when you’re afraid but you keep on moving forward, that’s the biggest kind of courage there is.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
Time passes. That's the rule. No matter what happens, no matter how much it might feel like everything in your life has… — 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
