20 Quotes by Emma Cameron

Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.

I'm all alone,fuming at myself,waving a great flagof failure.

I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake.

Things should have beenso differentto the way they arenow.

Growing up changes morethan playground gamesand body shapes.

I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.

Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook,filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them.Beautiful worlds beyond mine.

Instead,she's as stillas a leaf-littered pond,dark water evaporating,waiting desperately for rain.

It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it.