Quote by April Genevieve Tucholke

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“I had to tell someone that a panther-hipped boy had come to live in my backyard.”

— April Genevieve Tucholke

“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

“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

“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

“You stop fearing the Devil when you're holding his hand...”

— April Genevieve Tucholke

“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

“That girl made me feel like I was dreaming. Broad daylight dreaming.”

— April Genevieve Tucholke