Quotes from book
Wasteland

Name: Wasteland
Author: Francesca Lia Block

Wasteland is a novel written by Francesca Lia Block and published in 2003.The plot details teenager Marina's reaction to her brother's suicide. Through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the siblings had developed a physical attraction and were deeply troubled by their feelings for each other. Near the end of the book their mother reveals that one of them was adopted, rendering their relationship star-crossed rather than taboo. It switches narratives and persons throughout the book, alternating between the siblings Marina and Lex, Lex's journal, and Marina's friend West.

“You asked me who I thought I was before. I said maybe I was a fish because I love water and you said, you thought a mermaid, maybe.
If you were a mermaid, you said, if you were a mermaid, I was the sea.”

Francesca Lia Block book Wasteland

Source: Wasteland

“i could see the veins through your skin like a map to inside you. how could skin be that thin? i was so afraid you might drop and break. i stopped breathing so you wouldn't.”

Francesca Lia Block book Wasteland

Source: Wasteland

“Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.”

Francesca Lia Block book Wasteland

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“If you were a mermaid, you said, If you were a mermaid, I was the sea.”

Francesca Lia Block book Wasteland

Source: Wasteland