Lucy Christopher

You nodded towards the cup. "Want more?" I shook my head. "What about the car?" "Didn't find it. You were heading back…

— Lucy Christopher

“They’ve already gone to the gate; they’re waiting for me there.” I felt nervous then so I added, “I said I wouldn’t…

— Lucy Christopher

But what else can I do, other than to plead with you like this? Other than to write down my story, our…

— Lucy Christopher

Right at that moment it was as if we were the only two people left in the world. And I don't mean…

— Lucy Christopher

“Ninja chicken isn't he?" You grinned at me, rolling your sleeves up."We'll see about that." You reached into the cage. Instantly Dick…

— Lucy Christopher

“I hate it, all of this," I screamed, my voice breaking. "I even hate him, even him." A huge sob came up…

— Lucy Christopher

“You told me once of t he plants that lie dormant through the drought; that wait, half dead, deep in the earth.…

— Lucy Christopher

“And I had wings fluttering away inside me all right. Big fat moth wings. You trapped me easily, drew me toward you…

— Lucy Christopher

If there'd been an astronaut on the moon right then, I'm sure I could have seen him. Perhaps he could have looked…

— Lucy Christopher

I thought you didn't want to let me go.

— Lucy Christopher

“Right then, and at every moment since you’d left me, all I could think about was you. I wanted you in that…

— Lucy Christopher

You won't be able to hurt me, or touch me.

— Lucy Christopher

It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood.

— Lucy Christopher

Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said.…

— Lucy Christopher

I didn’t look back, but I knew you were still watching. It probably sounds weird, but I could just feel it. The…

— Lucy Christopher

Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it.

— Lucy Christopher

Where are you going?" I asked. "The middle of nowhere." "I thought this was it." "Nah." You shook your head. "This is…

— Lucy Christopher

I can't save you like that Ty. What you did to me wasn't this brilliant thing, like you think it was. You…

— Lucy Christopher

The land wants you here. I want you here," you called. "Don't you care about that at all?

— Lucy Christopher

There were tiny stars behind my eyelids, a whole galaxy of tiny, spinning stars.

— Lucy Christopher

I remember the lights turning into blurs of blazing fire. I remember the air-conditioning chilling my arms. The smell of coffee smudging…

— Lucy Christopher

People love what they're used to, I guess." "No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they…

— Lucy Christopher

In a moment, when I'm ready, I will turn off this computer and that will be it. This letter will be finished.…

— Lucy Christopher

Because it's magic, this place . . . beautiful. And you're beautiful . . . beautifully separate. It all fits.

— Lucy Christopher

Then your fingers moved down to my chin. You pushed it up with your thumb to look at me, almost like you…

— Lucy Christopher