Lucy Christopher Quotes
Top 47 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lucy Christopher
Lucy Christopher Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
strange to remember touch more than thought. But my fingers
still tingle with it.
They've already gone to the gate; they're waiting for me there." I felt nervous then so I added, "I said I wouldn't be long - just getting a coffee.
A sign that a person could do something different ... that they could be hooked by a drug more wild than alcohol.
You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you.
Because it's magic, this place ... beautiful. And you're beautiful ... beautifully separate. It all fits.
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.
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.
But without humans, the wild would take over. It would only take a hundred years or so for nature to win again.
This be OK?' I asked, innocently.
'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes.
Actually, don't answer that one.
'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes.
Actually, don't answer that one.
It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood.
Don't do that again," you said.
I blinked.
"You'll hurt yourself."
"Does it matter?" My voice was only a whisper.
"Of course.
I blinked.
"You'll hurt yourself."
"Does it matter?" My voice was only a whisper.
"Of course.
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.
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.
"No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.
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.
"The middle of nowhere."
"I thought this was it."
"Nah." You shook your head. "This is just the edge.
You moved too much like a hunter, padding silently next to the row of plastic plants as you made your line toward me.
You looked at me, your eyes huge. You we're like a dog then, waiting for me to throw you a bone ... waiting for something I could never give you.
You know, maybe if we'd met as ordinary people, one day, maybe ... maybe things might have been different. Maybe I could have loved you.