“I just need to be mad for a little while, okay? I know it might not be the most mature thing, but… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I’m not an angel. I don’t live in heaven or play a golden harp or have heart-to-heart conversations with the Almighty.” — Cynthia Hand Angel Copy Share Image
“Is it okay to kiss you?” he asks. “What?” “I won’t get struck by lightning?” — Cynthia Hand Romance-funny Copy Share Image
“You think I'm pretty?" I ask. "We need to stop talking," he says a little gruffly. "We're scaring the fish off." "Okay,… — Cynthia Hand Stop talking Copy Share Image
“But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you… — Cynthia Hand Pain Copy Share Image
“Dad scowls. "Phen." He says the name like it's a swear word. "Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in… — Cynthia Hand Ambivalence Copy Share Image
“Bug spray.” Mosquitoes never bother me, but apparently they eat Tucker alive if he forgets bug spray. So I wear it for… — Cynthia Hand Funny Copy Share Image
“Every moment I'm away from you, I die a little," I say in return.” — Cynthia Hand Angel-paranormal-romance Copy Share Image
“Okay,” I say again. It seems that I’ve been reduced to single syllables by a single touch. Maybe Angela’s right. Maybe the… — Cynthia Hand Hot guy Copy Share Image
“I want to explain to him that Angela is like a bloodhound when it comes to secrets, virtually impossible to get anything… — Cynthia Hand Damage is done Copy Share Image
“I can't leave you," he says hoarsely. "I can't leave you either," I say, shaking my head. "I can't." "Then don't," he… — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“My mind wanders back to the dream, to Christian, the way he's always looking out for me, catching me, keeping me on… — Cynthia Hand Christian Copy Share Image
“He seems relieved to hear me say that. I guess idiots love company.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“This is isn't going to become one of those creepy situations where you show up at all hours of the night to… — Cynthia Hand Tucker Copy Share Image
“Come on, pretty boy,” he taunts. “Show me what you’ve got.” — Cynthia Hand Fighting-words Copy Share Image
“I don’t love or hate humans. I respect them. They shape themselves, in a way that we angels do not. They tell… — Cynthia Hand Love or hate Copy Share Image
“The odds of surviving are not good for serfs, or clerics, since they tended the sick, but miraculously I survive. Mr. Erikson… — Cynthia Hand Black-plague Copy Share Image
“Everything was falling into place. And out of place, at the same time.” — Cynthia Hand Fall Copy Share Image
“I love how he sometimes gets embarrassed by the mushy stuff between us and then his voice gets all gruff and he… — Cynthia Hand Angel-paranormal-romance Copy Share Image
“She’s one too,” I say simply, mostly because I know Angela wanted to spring it on him herself, and it makes me… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Love is a many-splendored thing," she says. "But it is also a pain in the ass.” — Cynthia Hand Love Copy Share Image
“One of them is probably Michael, I think. All I have to do to find my dad is go to church.” — Cynthia Hand Dad Copy Share Image
