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1 " You, sir, have the mind of a scientist. But, I think, the heart of a poet. "
― K. Lyn Smith , The Astronomer's Obsession (Something Wonderful, #1)
2 " He saw her, and that was a dangerous thing. She didn’t know if she could bear being seen, only to be lost again when he left. "
3 " If falling stars were indeed a sign that something wonderful was about to happen . . . She turned to him, and her heartbeat quickened when she saw he watched her. His eyes shifted from soft grey to fierce, molten silver. It was hot and intense, and comforting all at once, because it was Harry. "
4 " Some stars orbit in pairs, united by their mutual gravitation. No one knows why. Perhaps it’s the same with people. "
5 " Nothing said family more than shared soap. "
― K. Lyn Smith , The Artist’s Redemption (Something Wonderful, #2)
6 " He’d almost redoubled his efforts to charm her. Prepared a wink and a smile and a glib response but stopped. Every time he tried to charm her, she stiffened, so he’d given her the truth instead. 'I’ve nowhere else to be.' Surprisingly, it had worked. "
7 " In his letter, he’d written three different words. 'You’re not alone.' They swirled inside her head, solid and deep and resonant in a way that ethereal 'I love you' could never be. "
8 " Above his head, the drip had spread, dark and blooming across the plaster. A spider watched him from a gauzy web above the washstand. Light from his shrinking candle reflected in the grime on the window. He was pretty sure there was something crawling in his mattress. His stomach growled its displeasure, and somewhere a pig slept on his nightshirt. But for some reason, he was pleased. "
9 " It felt odd to have Regina laundering his clothes.'Oh. If you’d rather clean them yourself . . .'No, that didn’t sound right, either. "
10 " He was a river to her sandstone resolution. He flowed and she eroded. "
11 " All is knowable. When his mind said no, his heart said what if… "
12 " She wants what we all want . . . She wants someone to see her. Someone to witness her life and know that she’s…significant. "
