7 Quotes by Kate Alice Marshall

Fire is warmth and food and clean water, but it’s hard and time-consuming, and people die because they spend all their time making the fire and no time finding water or building a shelter.

I look at the wall where those first words - SMART, NOT STRONG - have been joined by dozens more.Pay attention to the wind.Steep drop west of the snag.Say something out loud at least once a day.Remember they’re coming.

What do you wear when you go to meet a ghost?

Little Lucy, dressed in whiteGave her mother such a frightWalked into the woods one dayWhere she went no one can sayDown a road that no one foundOr are her bones sunk in the ground?How many steps did Lucy take?One, two, there, four...

What happened in the dark?

Do you want to know where Lucy went?She went to play the game. You can play, too.Find a partner.Find a key.Find the road.You have two days.

I cannot tell if I am lying.