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338 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2022
"Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind."
“Free-a small word for such a magnificent thing. I don't know what it feels like, but I want to find out.”
“Safe does not mean happy, does not mean well, does not mean kind.”
“Every house has secrets”
“When people see tears, they stop listening to your hands or your words or anything else you have to say. And it doesn't matter if the tears are angry or sad, frightened or frustrated. All they see is a girl crying.”
“Olivia Prior has never been a quiet girl. She has always made a point of making noise, everywhere she goes, in part to remind people that just because she cannot speak, does not mean that she is silent, and in part because she simply likes the weight of sound, likes the way it takes up space.”
“She has declared it a reading day, she says. Nothing else to do when the weather turns.”
Perhaps you are haunting me.
What a comforting thought.
Maybe it's you in the darkness.
I swear I've seen it move.
Last night I went beyond the wall. And I met Death.
But there are lower powers, stranger ones, and there in the dark, behind the door, she prays to them.