It is the face of a girl who has seen the world, who realizes that it hates her, and who hates it in return.

You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours.

We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions

Words like 'unputdownable' and 'irresistible' are simply not enough for Cat Winters's In the Shadow of Blackbirds. Days after finishing this story, it remains the first thought I have in the morning, and the thing that haunts me until I sleep.

It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in the doorway.

Tell freedom I said hello.