“Suddenly, I understand what Petra has always been trying to tell me. The whole time she was mumbling her litany of stories,… — Brenna Yovanoff Love Copy Share Image
“Tender," she said again. "Tender is kind and gentle. It's also sore, like the skin around an injury.” — Brenna Yovanoff Gentleness Copy Share Image
“Don't listen. Whatever they said, whatever they told you about yourself, it's not true.” — Brenna Yovanoff Communication Copy Share Image
“Because I was conceived and born and I grew up. I'm breathing and my heart is beating and as much as it… — Brenna Yovanoff Breathing Copy Share Image
“Kissing him is like the wildest, most thrilling thing that has ever happened to me. It's like diving into the deep end… — Brenna Yovanoff Lost at sea Copy Share Image
“The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a burst of light so warm and red it could have… — Brenna Yovanoff Beating Heart Copy Share Image
It's strange, but seeing something broken is somehow worse when you can tell that it used to be beautiful. — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel… — Brenna Yovanoff Cold Copy Share Image
“He is broken in three ways, sometimes four. I count them. -He believes himself to be human, but is not actually. At… — Brenna Yovanoff Boy Copy Share Image
“Truman Flynn is a piece of paper in my coat pocket. He is a memory of water and of loss, his hand… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“Is it hypocritical to love a person and still find fault with their actions?" -The Morrigan” — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“When you love someone, sometimes it means that they strip you down, peel you open, and you have to let them and… — Brenna Yovanoff Love Copy Share Image
“In his youth, he was electrified. The stars were moving in his bloodstream. He would not have been cowed by the customs… — Brenna Yovanoff Demon Copy Share Image
“The tone of his voice is like he expects a fight, like he’s challenging me to disagree, and I want to tell… — Brenna Yovanoff Neon sign Copy Share Image
“The sound of her voice was painful. She screamed, sobbed, whispered Hallelujah. But she never sang it.” — Brenna Yovanoff Mackie Copy Share Image
“She bruised easily, in dark purple smudges like in blooming on tissue paper.” — Brenna Yovanoff Hannah Copy Share Image
“I get out my hairbrush and wish for her—the real Lillian, and not the worst, most selfish parts of her. I wish… — Brenna Yovanoff Best friend Copy Share Image
All great acts are ruled by intention. What you mean is what you get. — Brenna Yovanoff Intention Copy Share Image
“I walk the three blocks to the school slowly, like if I’m not careful of every step, every tiny movement, I will… — Brenna Yovanoff Every step Copy Share Image
“When I press my forehead to his back, the shape of his pain is alluring, almost visible. It forms him, tells him… — Brenna Yovanoff Pain Copy Share Image
“Don’t show anyone the true, honest heart of yourself or else, when something goes wrong, you might wind up rotting in a… — Brenna Yovanoff Truth Copy Share Image
“Ariel is capable of whispering the same way a toaster is capable of flight.” — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
The things I had were mine and some of them were broken, but they were real. They were so very far from… — Brenna Yovanoff Broken Copy Share Image
“I couldn't work out what she actually wanted. Whether being dead happened in a pretty box on Welsh Street or someplace else,… — Brenna Yovanoff Death Copy Share Image
