“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 put the dress on. When I came out, River took one look at me and grinned.… — 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… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“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
“Do you have a frying pan? Not Teflon, I hate that stuff. Cast iron? Or stainless steel?" I found River an old cast iron… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“The sun was streaming in the hayloft opening, low and hazy. Which was the only way I could tell how late it was. Time… — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
“We both fell asleep wrapped up together with the wolves still lullaby-ing us in the background” — April Genevieve Tucholke Copy Share Image
