Alice Hoffman, Here on Earth
5 quotes
"She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless."
"...early on Monday evening, when the sky was the color of a velvet ribbon falling over the hills."
"Children would beg for a peppermint drop each time he walked into town, and they'd follow behind, asking for a second and a third. When he died suddenly, while working late at his office, every boy and girl in the village reported smelling mint in the night air, as if somehing sweet had passed them right by."
"The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world."
"...and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoons the whole wold smelled like pie."