2 Quotes by Lydia Peelle

When people talk about the South being haunted, it’s true. But it’s not the places that are haunted, it’s the people. They are trapped by all the stories of the past, wandering a long hallway lined with locked doors, knocking and knocking, with no one ever answering. No one ever will. That’s the thing about the past. The closest you can get to it is stories, and stories don’t even come close.

Trust the body, not the mind, he says, smiling. The body loves itself.