Lucy Christopher Quotes About Lying

• Una vez me hablaste de las plantas que permanecen latentes durante la sequía, que esperan, medio muertas, en lo profundo de la tierra. Las plantas que esperan la lluvia. Dijiste que esperarían durante años, si fuera necesario; que casi se matarían antes de volver a crecer. Pero en cuanto caen las primeras gotas de agua, esas plantas empiezan a estirarse y a extender sus raíces. Suben por el suelo y la arena hasta llegar a la superficie. Hay una oportunidad para ellas de nuevo.

  Lucy Christopher

  Mentira, Lluvia, Caída

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.255, Scholastic Inc.

• You moved my head so that it was lying in your lap. "Keep your eyes open," you said. "Stay with me." I tried. It felt like I was using every muscle in my face. But I did it. I saw you from upside down, your lips above my eyes and your eyes above my lips. "Talk to me," you said. My throat felt like it was closing up, as if my skin had swollen, making my throat a lump of solid flesh. I gripped your hand. "Keep watching me, then," you said. "Keep listening.

  Lucy Christopher

  Lying, Eye, Hands

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.

• Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. “I can’t go back. Not yet. I can’t leave.” And she held my head tight to her chest and wrapped her arms around me. “You don’t have to,” she said, rocking me. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, not anymore.” And I cried.

  Lucy Christopher

  Lying, Hair, Want

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