48 Quotes by Sally Thorne

Los Gamins se acurrucan en sus cubículos, como dulces palomas en un campanario, y examinan manuscritos en busca de la próxima sensación literaria. El aire que los rodea huele a té de jazmín y a papel impreso. Tienen en la pared a Shakespeare, como si fuera un chico de calendario.

A los Gamins la idea de los libros como «unidades» les ofendía en lo más profundo. Los libros eran, y serían siempre, algo digno de respeto y dotado de magia.

Immediately I give myself a little mental slap. Fishing for compliments is a cardinal sin. “Never mind, I was only joking.

I just get crabby and irritated. Big surprise, I know I’m always like that. But I just need to feel someone else . . . It eases off the sharpness inside. It really is an actual thing. Skin hunger. I read a study about it.

I pull back. "I'm going to have to change my computer password.""Oh yeah? To what?""I-love-Josh.""4 eva, he replies.""You cracked my password?

Love and hate are visceral. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person. The heart in your chest beats heavy and bright, nearly visible through your flesh and clothes. Your appetite and sleep are shredded. Every reaction spikes your blood with a dangerous kind of adrenaline, and you’re on the brink of fight or flight. Your body is barely under your control. You’re consumed, and it scares you.

I hope it’s not too forward of me to say, but your eyes are incredible, Lucy. I die when you blink.

All I want to do is kiss you until I fall asleep. I want to slide in between your sheets, and find out what goes on inside your head, and underneath your clothes. I want to make a fool of myself over you.

Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.