And what do I know about humans? Only this: My name is Gloria Maria de la Cruz, and I'm not just the end of childhood. I'm the end of humanity. And if you come from the skies- I'm coming for you.

— Margaret Stohl

Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence."" I'm itchin' ta have some a that white cake."" That's not how you spell it." At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. "There's no T in itchin'." Or not.

— Margaret Stohl

Darkness does not leave us easily as we would hope.

— Margaret Stohl

Feelings are memories. Memories are also feelings.

— Margaret Stohl

I first read Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a teen in school, like you did. I read the book alone, eating lunch at my locker, neatly scored oranges my mother divided into five lines with a circle at the top, so my fingers could dig more easily into the orange skin. To this day, the smell of oranges reminds me of 'Mockingbird.'

— Margaret Stohl

I guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.

— Margaret Stohl

I know how it makes you feel...peaceful, permanent, unbroken

— Margaret Stohl

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone.-Macon Ravenswood

— Margaret Stohl

Jump or stay in the boat.

— Margaret Stohl

The business of the dead belongs to the living.

— Margaret Stohl