I actually thought you would be kind, said the vampire.Go away! screamed Devnee.He did not answer.I didn't have to be kind, Devnee told him. Victoria was kind for me.He laughed.No one can be kind for...
The Harbor was a plain brick building, undistinguished and solid.
There were no Middle Ages in America, dumb-o, said his sister. White people hadn’t gotten here yet. Only Europe had Middle Ages.
My theory, said Eben, is that being a captive is an honor for the strong and the uncomplaining.Sarah and Mercy considered this.Then why is Ruth alive? She complains all day long, said Sarah.But she is...
Oh, Eben! breathed Mercy, thrilled and astonished. Guess what?The glare off the ice was bothering him, and as the temperature rose, the snow on the frozen river was turning to slush. His moccasins wer...
Rents were high, according to the ads in real estate agents’ windows, but not killer high.
You mean I can’t chain him to the bumper of my truck and drag him through the city?
I'll take you to Mickey D's, said Sean. I'll buy you a hamburger. Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. And fries, Sean said. And a vanilla milkshake....
I never heard of the person on this return address. Calvin Vinesett. What a name. He’s probably selling something, like all our other mail is. The expensive envelope is a sales trick.
The best thing about college was that you could wear anything anywhere.
Girl! English, eh? What is your name? Indians stole you, eh? I’ll send news to your people.His excellent speech meant that he did a lot of trading with the English. It meant, Mercy prayed, that he lik...
I don’t understand adoptions myself. I wouldn’t want to be a father to somebody else’s son. But the French and the Indians have run out of children. They love to pretend we’re their children.They aren...
Perhaps nobody knows anybody.
Mercy had never liked thinking about Eliza marrying an Indian. But what was her own future now? Would she, would Sarah, would Ruth, end up marrying an Indian?The image of Ruth Catlin agreeing to obey...
Perhaps nobody knows anybody..It was a terrifying thought: like the alone. That you could know people well, and know them again the following year, and then know them more...and yet remain strangers f...
Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:
She could eat a salad without worrying about diarrhea.
Her laughter began low and quiet then rose in pitch and flickered all over the room, like blood splatter.
Lord, it’s only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?
They reached a river where the water was open, seething and churning over rocks.We’re going to cross that? thought Mercy. It’s too wide and deep. We’ll drown.Tannhahorens took off his tobacco necklace...
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