01UndatedWhen I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.Margaret Stohl / quote ↗
03UndatedAunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N.Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence.""I'm itchin' ta have some a that white cake.""That's not how you spell it." At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. "There's no T in itchin'." Or not.Margaret Stohl / quote ↗
05UndatedIt's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone.-Macon RavenwoodMargaret Stohl / quote ↗
06UndatedI guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.Margaret Stohl / quote ↗
08UndatedAnd what do I know about humans? Only this: My name is Doloria Maria de la Cruz, and I'm not just the end of childhood. I'm the end of humanity. And if you come from the skies- I'm coming for you.Margaret Stohl / quote ↗
11UndatedI first read Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a teen in school, like you did. I read the book alone, eating lunch at my locker, neatly scored oranges my mother divided into five lines with a circle at the top, so my fingers could dig more easily into the orange skin. To this day, the smell of oranges reminds me of 'Mockingbird.'Margaret Stohl / quote ↗
