Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you. — Cynthia Hand Havens Copy Share Image
“See, that's what I like about you, Carrots You're not fussy.” — Cynthia Hand Carrots Copy Share Image
“There I go, Clara the parrot. I belong on a pirate's shoulder.” — Cynthia Hand Clara Copy Share Image
“Clara,” he says quietly. “I think it’s time you told me about what happened in Italy.” — Cynthia Hand Quietly Copy Share Image
“Clara: My heart doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to Tucker.” — Cynthia Hand Tucker Copy Share Image
“And,” Kay adds as her final touch, “Christian Prescott is my boyfriend.” I dislike her already.” — Cynthia Hand Boyfriend Copy Share Image
“Clara's mother: Yes, and what could possible be more important to your life right now than Christian? Clara: I'm going out with… — Cynthia Hand Life Copy Share Image
“But love doesn’t always have to be about the happy ending. Love can be about beginnings, too.” — Cynthia Hand Beginnings Copy Share Image
“A light comes on in his eyes. “Sure, why not? A date with Queen Elizabeth.” He smiles.” — Cynthia Hand Clara Copy Share Image
“Pity party over?" "Yeah, I think so." "Good. Not good to wallow for too long. It's bad for the complextion.” — Cynthia Hand Pity 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
“One minute you’re a happy fourteen-yearold—good at everything you try, popular, fun—the next you’re a freak with wings” — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t taste anything like the drink I had at the party with Tucker. And now, almost two years later, I realize… — Cynthia Hand Two years Copy Share Image
“Oh, you know. I'm queen of the rumor mill. It seems like there's been a new rumor about me every week since… — Cynthia Hand Basketball coach 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 Crazy Copy Share Image
“Okay, that was, I have to say, about the cheesiest thing I ever heard in my life,” I say to Angela as… — Cynthia Hand Angela 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 Flies Copy Share Image
“How did you do that?” I shrug. “I click my heels three times and say, ‘There’s no place like home.’” “Uh-huh. So… — Cynthia Hand Boundless Copy Share Image
“The backcountry signs say stuff like BEYOND THIS POINT IS A HIGH RISK AREA, WHICH HAS MANY HAZARDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED… — Cynthia Hand Choose life Copy Share Image
“Hi there," Tucker says brightly, like we're bumping into each other on the street. "Uh, hi." "Nice night for stalking," he observes.… — Cynthia Hand Stalking 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 Angels Copy Share Image
I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash. — Cynthia Hand Bird Copy Share Image
“You have made my life into something so extraordinary, you can't even know.” — Cynthia Hand Extraordinary Copy Share Image
“...he's like our own personal Gandalf or Dumbledore or somebody cool like that...” — Cynthia Hand Cool Like Copy Share Image
“Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences.” — Cynthia Hand Awkward Copy Share Image
“But maybe if he got close to me I could feel something. Maybe I could cry and the ache would go away.” — Cynthia Hand Maybe Copy Share Image
“He's not meeting my eyes anymore. "We're young," he says. "We've got lots of time to fall in love.” — Cynthia Hand Angel-paranormal-romance 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
“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
“I can’t believe you’re old enough to have your purpose,” Mom says with a sigh. “Makes me feel old.” “You are old.” — Cynthia Hand Clara Copy Share Image
“This was dumb and admittedly creepy in an Edward Cullen kind of way, but it was the only thing I could think… — Cynthia Hand Creepy Copy Share Image
“How do you go on living like normal when you know that something bad’s going to happen?” — Cynthia Hand Life Copy Share Image
“I rest my head on his shoulder and close my eyes, which keeps the business part of my brain temporarily disabled.” — Cynthia Hand Business Copy Share Image
“You and I have a connection that nothing, not on heaven or earth, or even hell, could ever break. If you want… — Cynthia Hand Angel Copy Share Image
