Burning-falls Quote by Laura Kreitzer

“A glacial chill rushes through Gage. He whips around just in time to see arms clutch Summer around the middle and drag her into…

— Laura Kreitzer

“Landon drops the bloody knife and stares at Summer like he doesn’t even know her anymore. The truth is, she’ll never be the girl…

— Laura Kreitzer

“When I see your scars, do I want to erase them? Absolutely. But not your physical scars. The real ones, beneath the surface. The…

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“Time keeps ticking away, unaware of the suffering each second generates. Time doesn’t care, because if it did, it would’ve reversed.”

— Laura Kreitzer

“Time is a thief. A killer. Time is killing him.”

— Laura Kreitzer

“Death and his scythe do not come. No sweeping black capes or ethereal escapes. There’s no pearly gate, no prisms of colors as his…

— Laura Kreitzer

“You didn’t tell Summer about it, did you?” “What?” Gage scoffs. “Yeah, telling your girlfriend the Angel of Death might visit her if some…

— Laura Kreitzer

“You should’ve told me,” she repeats. “Because here’s a news flash: You might’ve wanted to shelter me, but there’s nowhere you can hide me…

— Laura Kreitzer

“Why won’t you look at me?” she murmurs. He doesn’t speak, seemingly at a loss for words. “It’s my scars.” It comes out as…

— Laura Kreitzer

“Why aren’t you smiling?” Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video. “Because this is the beginning, not the end.”

— Laura Kreitzer

“A layer of fine powder coats his skin. “My lungs are turning to concrete,” Rob wheezes, hacking and spitting. “So are my eyes. How…

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“I like to eat chicken, but I don’t like live chickens. With their feathers and beaks and weird noises and flapping wings.” He visibly…

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“Struggling transforms her captor into a Chinese finger trap. She’s suffocating. Sucking in air without relief. Her lungs expand. Contract. Expand. They fill with…

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“Her gaze travels back to the lie twisted in a tempest of mud and blood. She witnesses the culmination of her recklessness through a…

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“Maybe the Society was right all along. From the very beginning, that’s what they called her. A time bomb. Tick, tick, tick.”

— Laura Kreitzer