“Sometime before sleep it occurred to me that the true nature of being without might mean never knowing what one lacked.” — Tosca Lee Nature Copy Share Image
“You are necessary to that end, and to me...you are all I have of the garden. You are the image of me… — Tosca Lee Garden Copy Share Image
God has a story to tell about you. A major part of it is you telling yours. — Tosca Lee Funny Copy Share Image
“I have always contended that girls are the sturdier of the genders and wondered in secret if the One that Is might… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
“Go away. Go live out your gnat's existence." "But we're not done!" Her eyes lolled back to me. "Yes, we are." "But--I… — Tosca Lee Life Copy Share Image
“Suffice it to say, we were horrified by the entire concept of dying, even if we weren't the ones with the death… — Tosca Lee Death Copy Share Image
“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to… — Tosca Lee History Copy Share Image
“So as I said, the world was mutating," she said, prick, prick, pricking at the cloth, looking up at me once to… — Tosca Lee Nature Copy Share Image
“Trust me, at the time nine hundred years seemed frighteningly short - it still does. I really don't know how you cope… — Tosca Lee Life Copy Share Image
And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and… — Tosca Lee Heart Copy Share Image
“She shrugged. "He sat back, called it good, and rested." I waited. She waited. I raised my brows. "And?" Her mouth curved… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
“Sweat trickled down my sides inside my sweater. "Why? Why did you do this?" "Because this is your life, Clay: fleeting, ephemeral,… — Tosca Lee Life Copy Share Image
I always hope that readers, of my books, will take away whatever is most meaningful to them wherever they are at right… — Tosca Lee Book Copy Share Image
“His lips pulled back from his teeth. "This then, shall be my singular consolation, my bitter solace: that when you die -… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
“Yes, I call your beautiful world mutant and perverse. So would you if you had seen the original. If you had, you… — Tosca Lee Beautiful world Copy Share Image
“I hesitated, having never considered that Katrina might be subject to the same whims of nature as other mortals. "I had no… — Tosca Lee Bad thing Copy Share Image
“The passing of every moment since has disconcerted me. See the clock on the dash?" He tapped it. "You're deaf to it,… — Tosca Lee Death Copy Share Image
“I stared. "But you're saying--" "Yes, Clay" - her mouth smoothed into a chilly smile - "Image of El, breath of God.… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
“A weak man declares a woman a temptress and orders her to cover herself. A strong man covers himself and says nothing.” — Tosca Lee Strong man Copy Share Image
“El?" I spoke, softly, feeling foolish. And then, "Elohim?" The night answered with silence.” — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
Merrie Destefano storms the world of urban fantasy with AFTERLIFE, breathing new life into the vast genre of the undead. Gritty, poignant,… — Tosca Lee Afterlife Copy Share Image
“It is harder for queens, who have no luxury of meekness. History does not know how to reconcile our ambition or our… — Tosca Lee History Copy Share Image
