Elizabeth Fama is the author of Plus One (FSG, 2014), Monstrous Beauty (FSG, 2012), a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection and Odyssey Award honor winner, and Overboard (Cricket Books, 2002), an ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
“When you give your heart to the ocean, you either drown, or spend your life wishing you had drowned.”
“What an ephemeral thing human will is, to be manipulated by a couple of drops of hormones!”
“There is no satisfaction in eternity,' she said. 'There is only loss.”
“She looked out across the water and allowed the feeling of longing to wash over her, spill into the crevices of her soul, and fill her completely.”
“She wanted a smile that was meant only for her.”
“The more she loved, the more she ached.”
“Death is the privilege of human natureAnd life without it were not worth our takingThither the poor, the unfortunate, and MournerFly for relief & lay their burdens down.”