“You're a girl on fire. And it seems to me, you been dousing those flames for years. Let yourself burn a little.” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“No matter how silly I think it all is, society is still society and we are not free of the burdens of… — Suzanne Palmieri Society Copy Share Image
“Why do you suppose we do that, push ourselves away from those we love right when we need them the most?” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“Ifn’ you love someone, you love ’em. Can’t do nothin’ ’bout it,” she said. “Can’t I put a spell on myself not… — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“What did you say to me Itsy? The day when you broke your silence?" Itsy shrugged and shuffled back into her own… — Suzanne Palmieri Silence Copy Share Image
“I can still feel them there. His lips on mine. His words in my ear that day. "Itsy, say you'll be my… — Suzanne Palmieri Lips Copy Share Image
“Pain is like a map, I guess. But I found my shortcut on my "map of the heart." Shortcuts always take longer,… — Suzanne Palmieri Pain Copy Share Image
“The kitchen door, painted red from the day Naomi moved in, and a geranium, also red, outside on the stoop, gave the… — Suzanne Palmieri Beautiful-imagery Copy Share Image
“She told us about how some people just had magic built into them. That her family firmly believed somehow, somewhere, at the… — Suzanne Palmieri Family Copy Share Image
“Laughter layered the walls and clung to the dust mites, making them sparkle like lightning bugs in the daytime.” — Suzanne Palmieri Beautiful writing Copy Share Image
“When it was over, he said, “I’ve been waiting for you, you little lost thing,” and I cried, because he’d acknowledged what… — Suzanne Palmieri Gypsy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's the smallest secrets that hold the most hope, the most fun, the most danger.” — Suzanne Palmieri Danger Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a dark side. This is pure fact. I can see it like a shadow behind them all the time.” — Suzanne Palmieri Dark Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t know back then, is that I was cold. I’d turned off the longing, knowing that if I let one… — Suzanne Palmieri Grief Copy Share Image
“You really are a chameleon, aren't you? Fitting in wherever you go. "Aren't we all?" she said...” — Suzanne Palmieri Chameleon Copy Share Image
“I like the dark," she said. "Ain't it just like a big blue blanket wrappin' us up with comfort?” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“I'd forgotten so many important things. I'd stolen away my own past. It made me feel like a coward.” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“Sugar, the things we hold closest to our hearts are the things we just can't seem to see." Jackson Whalen” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“You. You are standing in your own way. And that means whatever it is scares you. It won't forever...but take your time.… — Suzanne Palmieri Confidence Copy Share Image
“Do you love her?' she asked him. 'Always have,' he said. 'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
“The kitchen of the Big House was always one of my favorite places. Airy and sunny. No modern cabinets or anything like… — Suzanne Palmieri Beautiful-imagery Copy Share Image
“Too much work, I guess, to figure out each person as a whole instead of parts of this and parts of that.” — Suzanne Palmieri Copy Share Image
