“If you looked round the rooms, you wouldn't think there was anything missing. But it's like one of those Spot the difference cartoons in a puzzle book. The changes are so subtle, yet glaringly obvious once you've seen them. A photo missing here, a cup there. A heart a bit more broken than it was before.” HeartbreakDivorce Book:Read Me Like a Book Source: Read Me Like a Book
“Miss Murray is leaning on the door. "Ash, come on. It's time to go." Her hand is so tight on the handle, her knuckles are pale. She's looking at the floor. "Miss Murray?" "What?" She doesn't move. I stare at her face but she doesn't return the look. "I love you." The air in the room has frozen, every atom suspended. Then her tense body slackens. Her hand loosens its grip on the door and she turns her head slowly towards me. She meets my gaze for a moment. Her eyes have dark rings under them. Her forehead is creased with worry. Her cheeks are pale. I want to make it all OK. I want to make her happy. I desperately want to touch her face. "I know," she says quietly.” LoveSchoolLesbian Book:Read Me Like a Book Source: Read Me Like a Book
“Then she leans forward, and before I have time to say or think another word, she's kissing me. And I'm kissing her, too. It starts almost in slow motion. Her lips, soft on mine, light little kisses, tiptoeing. Then she opens her mouth slightly, kissing me with more force. I keep thinking about how perfectly our mouths fit together. Her lips are so gentle, her tongue drawing me in. I'm losing myself in her.” LoveKissingLesbian Romance Book:Read Me Like a Book Source: Read Me Like a Book
“On the way out, I hug Mum, holding her close. 'Thank you,' I whisper. 'For dinner - and for everything.' Mum smiles and strokes my cheek. 'There's nothing to thank me for.” AcceptanceComing Out Book:Read Me Like a Book Source: Read Me Like a Book
“It's all very well going round with two fingers stuck up at the world, but what happens when the world turns round and sticks them back up at you? The world's a lot bigger than I am.” Confidence Book:Read Me Like a Book Source: Read Me Like a Book
“The woods were deserted that day. The stones stood still and silent, as though they were waiting for something. At the center of them all, a jagged piece of amber glowed in the growing darkness. Lights fizzed softly around it, turning pink, orange, purple, blue. No one saw it. No one ever did. Why would they? No one knoew about its magic, not anymore. They had forgotten all about such magic a long, long time ago. About the same time they stopped believing in faries. How foolish.” BelieveLongStillsLightWaitingDarknessSawsPiecesGrowingMagicLong TimeStonesBlueSilentForgottenWoodsFoolishOrangePurpleLong Time AgoAmberDesertedDarkness To LightWaiting For Something Author:Liz Kessler
“But there would be no confrontation the next day. And for Tommy Williams, there would be no school, either. Because the moment he walked through the gap in the stones to leave the circle, something quiet unexpected happened. Tommy, holding tightly on to his rock, took the step that divided the inside of the circle from the outside - and disappeared. The woods suddenly felt colder than usual. The darkness hung more heavily. The amber was gone - and now nothing would ever be the same.” MomentsWould BeSchoolNextFeltStepsDarknessGoneHappenedRocksQuietStonesWoodsCirclesUnexpectedGapsDividedUsualHungNext DayConfrontationAmber Author:Liz Kessler
“The tail of Emily Windsnap"everyone has a secret . mines alittle different. i figured out i am a mermaid.” DifferentSecretMinesTailsEmilyMermaid Author:Liz Kessler
“I try to imagine keeping something like that a secret for my whole life. It would be like always wearing a mask over your face, which everyone believed was the real you. You would be the only person who knew it wasn't--and who knew that you could never take it off.” TryingPersonsRealWholeWould BeFacesSecretImagineWhole LifeMaskYour FaceReal YouWearing A Mask Author:Liz Kessler
“You can't make people stop loving each other just because a law says it's wrong.” PeopleLaw Book:Emily Windsnap: Six Swishy Tails of Land and Sea Source: Emily Windsnap: Six Swishy Tails of Land and Sea