Mercedes M. Yardley Quotes & Sayings

The demonic love the taste of little girls. — Mercedes M. Yardley

It's time. It's time. It sounded like her father's voice in the wind. Run, Star Girl. — Mercedes M. Yardley

Do you mind," he asked politely, "if I slide my blade under your skin, just a little? — Mercedes M. Yardley

Maybe princes aren't real," Sada said. Her eyes were crafty and sad at the same time. "But monsters are." She opened her mouth wide and showed Azhar the wildflowers sitting on her tongue. — Mercedes M. Yardley

Lu felt his heart do a strange thing. It hurt. It opened. It beat. — Mercedes M. Yardley

For the first time I saw Death as somebody to fear instead of the gangly sack of bones who ate all of my Cheetos and saved over my games on the Playstation. — Mercedes M. Yardley

The inside of his skull, it tasted like roses and barbed wire and butterflies. Switchblades and heroin and grassy green gardens. — Mercedes M. Yardley

He told her what Bryony looked like and the almost tinkling sound of her voice, and her habit of standing on the balls of her feet when she gets nervous because somehow that puts her in touch with the earth a little bit more. "You'll love her, Ma, you'll love her," he said, and promised to bring her by soon so they could meet. He was afraid, however, that the second his mother saw Bryony, her face would fall. He imagined her brown eyes clouding over — Mercedes M. Yardley

Build your novel one word at a time. Remember that minutes = novels. — Mercedes M. Yardley

Careful, Star Girl. Your time has nearly come. — Mercedes M. Yardley

Weakness is stereotypically expected in women but also despised. — Mercedes M. Yardley