Carol Lynch Williams

“Lacey-girl, books take you anywhere. Any place you want to go. You remember that always.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“I'm my mother's first child, born when she was almost fourteen years old. "Think of it," I said to Laura when I…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Hope, Lizzie says my name over and over and over again. Hope! And, oh, I stand there. Oh, my heart. I stand…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“An accident you're in? It marks you on the outside, maybe. Scars your face or your skin-breaks bones,crushes skulls,leaves the body changed.…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“I'd never seen so many books. Never. The sight made my eyes water. I mean, tear right up.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“I write because I love how I feel to have written.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Do you believe in Jesus? Jesse looks at me so brown-eyed it hurts.He nods."I do," he says. I sit up. "I think…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Together we climbed on the Peace City bus and road back towards my house. My almost normal feeling was gone. I was…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Time has this way of slowing down and speeding up,depending on how it feels.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Shut the eff up,' Aaron said. Only he said the REAL swear, the REAL word.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“I'm old with living. So much older than almost thirteen.”

— Carol Lynch Williams

“I've become a kissing addict. I think that's it. The buzzy feeling. Burning lips. The foggy eyes. Maybe i could kiss every…

— Carol Lynch Williams

“Tell me,' I said. 'Tell me when you notice me.' I notice you going into church,' Joshua said. 'I notice your hair,…

— Carol Lynch Williams