“Let go of everything else, he urges in my mind. Just be here. With me.” — Cynthia Hand Mind Copy Share Image
“Tonight I want us to simply be Christian and Clara, two college students on a date.” — Cynthia Hand Christian Copy Share Image
“I am amazed at how being with him changes everything for me, socially speaking.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“This man, this impostor of a man, can kill my body but he can't touch my soul.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I mean, what good is a women's lib if we can't use it to ask guys to dances?” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“But Tucker is my choice. I love him. That isn't going to go away.” — Cynthia Hand Choice Copy Share Image
“He grins. Unbelievable how gorgeous he is. And that he's mine. He loves me and I love him and how rare and… — Cynthia Hand 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
“oh, sixty years, give or take." "Sixty years." There i go, Clara the parrot. I belong on a pirate's shoulder.” — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner 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
“I don't know if it's the terrible pain from my shouler or the weight of his emotional baggage, but I feel like… — Cynthia Hand Emotional baggage Copy Share Image
“Humans fear death so much, but there is no death,” he whispers. “There is only the illusion of it. We can never… — Cynthia Hand Death Copy Share Image
“Tucker: Is it okay to kiss you? Clara: What? Tucker: I won't get struck by lightning? Clara: (laughs) No lightning.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“Your hair smells like wind, did you know that?" Yep, me and Tucker, smelling each other.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“As your abilities begin to grow, your angelic side will start to manifest itself in more noticeable ways." "My angelic side. Great.… — Cynthia Hand Bad mom Copy Share Image
“You healed him until you passed out, until you stoppedbreathing yourself for a few seconds, and then Jeffrey thumped him on the… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“I did get so wigged out that I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night… — Cynthia Hand Books Copy Share Image
“I've seen the future all my life,' she says. 'It tends to work as a paradox, in my experience. You find out… — Cynthia Hand Future Copy Share Image
“I'm tired of this 'we better lay low, or someone will figure out we're different' crap. I mean, it's not like if… — Cynthia Hand Wrestler 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 Copy Share Image
“I beat at him uselessly with my fists. I scream. My mind races. I'll pee on him. Puke, bite, scratch. Sure, I'll… — Cynthia Hand 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
“Have a care, Sir Tucker, lest you find yourself in the stockades." He scoffs and looks at Mr. Erikson. "She can't do… — Cynthia Hand Black Plague Copy Share Image
“What? I demand to know. "What is it now?" "You're not going to go." he says. "Watch me." "I've been having a… — Cynthia Hand Dreams Copy Share Image
“ Think about a good memory, she whispers in my mind. Remember a moment when you loved him. And just like that,… — Cynthia Hand Cowboy hat Copy Share Image
“So did you really mean all that stuff you said when I was a dead man?" "Every word." "Could you say it… — Cynthia Hand Clara-gardner Copy Share Image
“The corner of his mouth lifts, and then I kiss him. Not so gently this time. His hand drops from my face… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“You do know we're officially the talk of the town," I say to Tucker. He might as well have taken a marker… — Cynthia Hand Love Copy Share Image
“Again," I whisper. The corner of his mouth lifts, and then I kiss him. Not so gently this time. His hands drop… — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
“But then I think about what I’ve learned here in the last year, and I don’t mean in my classes, but what… — Cynthia Hand Bad weather Copy Share Image
“This moment was written in the stars, and it is everything he thought it would be.” — Cynthia Hand Astronomy Copy Share Image
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart. — Cynthia Hand Beauty Copy Share Image
