Lucy Christopher

The people we care for aren't always the one we should

— Lucy Christopher

The deep blue of your eyes had secrets. I wanted them.

— Lucy Christopher

“I can't save you like that, Ty.”

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

— Lucy Christopher

I love you," you said, simple as anything.

— Lucy Christopher

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

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“I called the rooster Dick, after you.”

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How would she find her herd? How would she find you?

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I was surprised at her gentleness, her willingness to give in.

— Lucy Christopher

It didn't make me glow. I felt more like I was fading away, like the world had forgotten me.

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“There were tiny rainbows in that glass. I turned it so a rainbow danced across my hand.”

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“I’d seen you before … somewhere…. But who were you? My eyes kept flitting back to your face.”

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

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

— Lucy Christopher

But without humans, the wild would take over. It would only take a hundred years or so for nature to win again.

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When the darkness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.

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The sand stretched out gray and ghostlike and illuminated, a column of light leading forward. It was like something a dead person…

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“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…

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This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that…

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“You saw me before I saw you. In the airport, that day in August, you had that look in your eyes, as…

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It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to…

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

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I craved your warmth. I hugged myself, rubbing my fingers up and down. I guess people are like insects sometimes, drawn to…

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I want you to see that the person I glimpsed running beside the camel, running to save my life, is the person…

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It sounded weird to hear you talk so much; normally you only said a few words at a time. I'd never imagined…

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Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. “I can’t go back. Not yet.…

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Who says I'm not Superman?" You were looking at me with one eye closed against the sun. I shrugged "You would have…

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I mean, that star over there is blinking at me madly now, but for how long? An hour or two, or for…

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I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so…

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Lets face it, you did steal me. But you saved my life too. And somewhere in the middle, you showed me a…

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“You carried it in your hand like it was the most precious thing. It reminded me of what I used to be…

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You moved my head so that it was lying in your lap. "Keep your eyes open," you said. "Stay with me." I…

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

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I made it," you said, gruffly, "for you." You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump…

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

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“It’s funny, isn’t it?” you started quietly. “How you look up there and find a city, and I look at London and…

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“I ate the roll, and forced down some more sparkling wine. When your eyes closed against the sun again, and I had…

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“But I'll tell them of your other side, too. The side I saw sometimes when you spoke softly to the camel, and…

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

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“My eyelids are heavy as stone. But when I sleep, I'll have that dream again. I haven't wanted to tell you about…

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