Lucy Christopher Short Quotes

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

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How long will you keep me?" I asked. You shrugged. "Forever, of course.

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It was like I'd stepped out into an afterlife. Only there were no angels.

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You're right, he's a killer," you said. "A rooster with some serious issues.

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Far, far away something made a single ghostly howl, like a banshee in the dark.

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There were tiny stars behind my eyelids, a whole galaxy of tiny, spinning stars.

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Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it.

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The land wants you here. I want you here," you called. "Don't you care about that at all?

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

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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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You saw me before I saw you. You had that look in your eyes, as if you wanted something. Wanted it for a long time.

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I remember that feeling of skin. It's strange to remember touch more than thought. But my fingers still tingle with it.

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You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you.

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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 you can choose to be.

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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 just the edge.

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People love what they're used to, I guess." "No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.

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I stayed there, curled up into the warmth of your body, under the blankets, like something soft in a shell. Your arms were firm as rock around me.

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Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They're pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful, too.

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I didn't look back, but I knew you were still watching. It probably sounds weird, but I could just feel it. The hairs on my neck bristled when you blinked.

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I thought you wanted to catch a camel," you tried again. "No." "I want to." "Well, you go then." You laughed. "I want your beautiful face where I can see it

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I remember the lights turning into blurs of blazing fire. I remember the air-conditioning chilling my arms. The smell of coffee smudging into the smell of eucalyptus.

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I could hear you, talking to the daffodils and tulips, whispering to the fairies that lived inside their petals. Each separate flower had a different family inside it.

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The sun was bobbing on the horizon, just peeking over. Its light shimmered on the sand behind you, making your body look like it was glowing … like it had a kind of aura.

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Doesn't that hurt?" I said. "Yep." "How do you keep them in there?" "I'm stubborn." You grinned. "Stubborn as a waddywood. And anyway, pain means it's healing." "Not always.

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In a moment, when I'm ready, I will turn off this computer and that will be it. This letter will be finished. A part of me doesn't want to stop writing to you, but I need to. For both of us.

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