Quotes from Lucy Christopher

But without humans, the wild would take over. It would only take a hundred years or so for nature to win again.

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

One day they'll let you out of that dry, empty cell. You'll return to the Separates, and you'll feel the rain once more. And you'll grow straight, this time, toward this sunlight. I know you will.

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.

I love you," you said, simple as anything.

Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said. "Yes, like you." You chewed the corner of your lip. "You both need saving.

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.

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.

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

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

This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that one.

And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.