dialogue prompts from hester by laurie lico albanese.
sometimes there's more power in silence than in speech.
i learned my lesson the hard way.
you must have someone who loves you.
when my fingers are moving, my mind is free.
beware the devil in the forest.
i've never been alone before.
why are you following me?
you're quite charming, despite your temper.
you must fly from the nest, little faerie child.
i'm afraid you've caught me brooding.
gotta be what folks want. first lesson.
owls are wise. a hawk is a message from the dead.
i'd never dine alone, if i didn't have to.
you're more solemn than solitary, i think.
there you go again, intriguing me as you do.
i'm not the girl in your story.
the first time i saw you, i thought i'd conjured you with my own mind.
you're an honest and kind friend.
you're so openhearted. i could kiss your cheeks.
if you don't tell the truth, i'll know.
[name] trusts you. so will i.
even if the town suspects, they cannot know.
you're the first who's asked me about it.
i want to know how to recognize a good man from a bad one.
bad men can do good things, and good men can do bad things.
there wasn't anywhere to go.
history is hidden away in dark corners, not written or told.
i won't ask, and it's best if you don't tell me.
not all ghosts are sinister.
you have to know the difference in who you are and who they think you are.
hide your strengths until it's time to use them.
i'm hurt and i'm freezing. please open up.
can something be both blessing and affliction?
you're in my veins now. you know it, don't you?
i am here, and i am very real.
i'm afraid that when i say it, everything will change.
you're always trying to feed me.
i don't know how to swim.
there are too many ghosts here. too many shadows and secrets.
the day is too pretty to spend inside.
i wish it were different for you.
i can't be soothed. i don't want to be soothed.
i won't be trapped by you.
without my name, i'd be nothing.
you're lucky you didn't die.
i heard what happened. tell me how i can help.
what form do they take, these devils?
you fainted. you should rest.
if you came for gossip, i have nothing for you.
every heart has a grave in it.
whatever good you had in you is long gone.
nobody's going to find us here.
you're in it now, so you should know.
you'd be surprised what people don't see.
i would marry you, if you would have me.
