Jessica Spotswood Quotes

No matter how safe and beautiful it is, a cage is still a cage.

~ Jessica Spotswood

History wasn't just a collection of dates I memorized from textbooks, it was tactile and ever present

~ Jessica Spotswood

We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult.

~ Jessica Spotswood

Maura looks stunned, as though she's been slapped. What about me? Don't you trust me? She gives a hysterical little laugh. Tears are gathering in her blue eyes. Let me guess: you think I'm reckless. 'Too easily ruled by my emotions,' Elena said. As though feeling things too deeply -- wanting more for myself and girls like us -- is so terrible!

~ Jessica Spotswood

You don't have to apologize for your feelings. You can't make yourself fall in love with somebody.

~ Jessica Spotswood

I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days, but now its not enough. I'm not sure who moves first. The inches between us are erased until I'm in his arms and my mouth finds his.

~ Jessica Spotswood

From my vantage point I can see the back of his neck flush pink beneath his collar. He's got freckles there, too. I wonder how many more freckle's he's got. Are they all over, or just where the sun's touched?Good Lord, why am I thinking of Finn Belastra without his clothes on?

~ Jessica Spotswood