12 Quotes by Nicki Salcedo

He appreciated all beautiful things. As she stood before him poised, scrutinizing every inch of his face, liable to strike him, he thought she was the most incredible thing he had seen in his life. She didn't step away from fear, she walked up to it.

We all have scars. Just because mine are hidden doesn’t make them any less painful.

Wherever she sought solitude, she was never alone. Suddenly that wasn't a bad thing. There was safety in numbers greater than one and sanity in knowing that everyone healed. If everyone has scars, there are two choices. Bleed to death slowly or stitch yourself together.

Maybe there was healing in running when nothing chased you.

We are all made of glass. Snow floats around us. We are delicately made, meant to be smashed.

A single shoe. Only someone under a spell would lose a shoe and not turn back for it.

Only in art was cheerful condemned.

It is easy to pride yourself on brains when you had both brains and beauty. Beauty was fleeting, and here was the proof. It was gone.

Ava knew the incidental betrayals of life.