Lucy ChristopherEveryone wanted answers I wasn't ready to give. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.245, Scholastic Inc.372Reading
Lucy ChristopherAnd it's hard to hate someone once you understand them. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.238, Scholastic Inc.374Life
Lucy ChristopherBecause it's magic, this place . . . beautiful. And you're beautiful . . . beautifully separate. It all fits. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.28, Scholastic Inc.352Reflection
Lucy ChristopherI wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting to escape so badly, I could have stared at them forever: They wer… ▶374Hope
Lucy ChristopherI remember that feeling of skin. It's strange to remember touch more than thought. But my fingers still tingle with it. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.12, Scholastic I… ▶364Thought
Lucy ChristopherFar, far away something made a single ghostly howl, like a banshee in the dark. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.195, Scholastic Inc.342Time
Lucy ChristopherThe sand stretched out gray and ghostlike and illuminated, a column of light leading forward. It was like something a dead person would see, a tunnel leading toward heaven.331Death
Lucy ChristopherWhere are you going? I asked. The middle of nowhere. I thought this was it. Nah. You shook your head. This is just the edge. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.100, Schola… ▶353Thought
Lucy ChristopherIt was so big, that view. I’ll never remember it properly. How can anyone remember something that big? I don’t think people’s brains are designed for memories like that. They’re d… ▶354HumanityThought
Lucy ChristopherYou won't be able to hurt me, or touch me. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.250, Scholastic Inc.365Humor
Lucy ChristopherNobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land. Like me, then, I said. Yes, like you. You chewed the corner of your lip. You both ne… ▶367Death
Lucy ChristopherThe sun was bobbing on the horizon, just peeking over. Its light shimmered on the sand behind you, making your body look like it was glowing … like it had a kind of aura. ✨ … ▶356Thought
Lucy ChristopherYour beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.12, Scholastic Inc.335Death
Lucy ChristopherThe deep blue of your eyes had secrets. I wanted them. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.6, Scholastic Inc.291Time
Lucy ChristopherI thought you didn't want to let me go.304Thought
Lucy ChristopherYou said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place lo… ▶315HumanityLife
Lucy ChristopherI love you, you said, simple as anything.348Love
Lucy ChristopherIf there'd been an astronaut on the moon right then, I'm sure I could have seen him. Perhaps he could have looked down and seen me too... the only one who could.271Humor
Lucy ChristopherI chased money, pretended to be someone else to get it. It got easier the longer I did it... but that's the trap, see? When the deadness gets easier, you know you're sinking deepe… ▶305Death
Lucy ChristopherI didn’t look back, but I knew you were still watching. It probably sounds weird, but I could just feel it. The hairs on my neck bristled when you blinked. ✨ Lucy Christophe… ▶272Reflection
Lucy ChristopherI made it, you said, gruffly, for you. You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump of something colourful and cold...a ring made entirely from a gemsto… ▶251Politics
Lucy ChristopherHow would she find her herd? How would she find you? ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.226, Scholastic Inc.328Life
Lucy ChristopherI didn’t want the person standing there, beside the bed, to have the same face I’d found so attractive at the airport. But you were there all right: the blue eyes, blondish hair, … ▶3410Time
Lucy ChristopherI was surprised at her gentleness, her willingness to give in. ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014). Stolen, p.124, Scholastic Inc.241Time
Lucy ChristopherI looked down at my stomach. I grabbed at it, seeing how much fat I could lift up in a roll. Don't worry, you said, one eye open again like a crocodile watching me. You're beautif… ▶241Humor
Lucy ChristopherWho says I'm not Superman? You were looking at me with one eye closed against the sun. I shrugged You would have recued me by now if you were Superman. I said quietly. Who says I … ▶307Reading
Lucy ChristopherI’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so odd on you. It was like the strength of you just seemed to sap away. Th… ▶329Sadness
Lucy ChristopherYou saw me before I saw you. You had that look in your eyes, as if you wanted something. Wanted it for a long time.286Time
Lucy ChristopherI thought you wanted to catch a camel, you tried again. No. I want to. Well, you go then. You laughed. I want your beautiful face where I can see it ✨ Lucy Christopher (2014… ▶232HumorThought
Lucy ChristopherI mean, that star over there is blinking at me madly now, but for how long? An hour or two, or for the next million years? And how long will we sit here like this? Just another mo… ▶298Time
