5 Quotes & Sayings By Katherine Fleet

Katherine Fleet is a novelist and poet. She was born in the North of England, and moved to America as a child. Her first novel, "The Love of a Good Woman", was published in 2011. A second novel, "A Mad, Mad World", was released in 2013 Read more

A third novel, "A Mad, Mad World's Aftermath", will be published on September 27th 2015. She is also a poet and runs a blog about poetry called Poetic Yoga.

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He was so close his breath touched my cheek. Staring into his eyes, I could almost forget about the nightmare. I could almost forget about Mama. Like the woods back in Virginia, his eyes changed color with his mood–greener when he laughed and darker, like now, when he was angry or worried. They were kind, serious, intelligent eyes that crinkled in the corners when he smiled. Katherine Fleet
2
I snatched my gaze away from hers and tugged at the collar of my shirt. I wanted to know how she could talk with such authority on the subject. I wanted to know what evil she’d seen, but I wanted even more to escape the narrow store aisle. Warning bells pealed in my brain. 'She’s crazy. Don’t get involved. Katherine Fleet
3
Her grin changed her quiet presence into something altogether different, something that made it hard to look away. There were lots of pretty girls in my hometown, including my on-again, off-again girlfriend, but no one who looked like this odd girl with her sprinkle of freckles and ragged haircut. Had someone attacked her head with a pair of scissors? Katherine Fleet
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Because even if you buried yourself in guilt, you can't go back and change what happened. Katherine Fleet