“I was six years old, watching my pregnant mother wash the dishes. Cutlery clinked, filling the air with sparkling bursts of colour.… — R.J. Anderson Astronomy Copy Share Image
“I'm just a little cold," said Knife, pulling the blanket closer about her shoulders. Paul wrapped his free arm around her. "It's… — R.J. Anderson Faery-rebels Copy Share Image
“I'd hoped at least one of my parents had seen Milo and me standing close together on the sidewalk, still holding hands,… — R.J. Anderson Holding hands Copy Share Image
“I hate it when people talk like friendship is less than other kinds of-as though it's some sort of runner-up prize for… — R.J. Anderson Best friend Copy Share Image
“This is fantastically squalid," said Milo. "We may never get out of here alive.” — R.J. Anderson Milo Copy Share Image
“I found her lying naked on the lawn at midnight, can I keep her?” — R.J. Anderson Funny Copy Share Image
“I hate it when people talk like friendship is less than other kinds of - as though it's some kind of runner-up… — R.J. Anderson Friends Copy Share Image
“I don't know how to be anything but pretend," I replied, and it ached in me how true that really was. "But… — R.J. Anderson Feelings Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where… — R.J. Anderson Blurb Copy Share Image
“Everybody has a story, Alison," he said. "Everybody has things they need to hide--sometimes even from themselves.” — R.J. Anderson Everybody Has A Story Copy Share Image
“I caught Faraday's face between my hands and broke off the kiss, breathless. "I've just thought of something," I said. "Something we… — R.J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Reluctantly she lifted her eyes to his, and he went on: "I want you to understand this as though I were one… — R.J. Anderson Faery-rebels Copy Share Image
“So I pushed the bitterness down, into the black pit of my stomach along with my regret and my grief and my… — R.J. Anderson Anger Copy Share Image
“So I couldn’t talk about the color of three, or whether triangles tasted better than circles, or how playing Bach on my… — R.J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“I sensed that not only the grand movements of the cosmos, but everything that had happened in my life, was a part… — R.J. Anderson Life Copy Share Image
“Dark chocolate, poured over velvet: that was how his voice tasted. I wanted him to follow me around and narrate the rest… — R.J. Anderson Dark chocolate Copy Share Image
“I heard the universe as an oratorio sung by a master choir of stars, accompanied by the orchestra of the planets and… — R.J. Anderson Astronomy Copy Share Image
“I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity,… — R.J. Anderson Astronomy Copy Share Image
“What would happen if you stopped fighting, and gave yourself permission to feel? Not just the good things, but everything?” — R.J. Anderson Feelings Copy Share Image
“How are you doing?' 'I'm okay,' I replied, and it only made me feel a little queasy to say it. Maybe I… — R.J. Anderson Getting used Copy Share Image
“Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you weren't ashamed of?” — R.J. Anderson Apologies Copy Share Image
