Even Evie believed in something, that something being Evie a lot of the time.
Don't you? if you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.'They will remain protected,' Asha insists.No, 'I say. 'Only untested.
Do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? Did God cry over his lost angel, I wonder?
Did they find something wanting in you, Gemma, at the party? You didn’t speak too freely or behave…strangely?I grew claws and bayed at the moon. I confessed that I eat the hearts of small children. I...
Depressive, Evie said, testing the word on her tongue. I didn’t know there was a name for that feeling. Like there’s a rain cloud in your soul. She knew that feeling well. Sometimes she was the life o...
But forgiveness...I'll hold on to that fragile slice of hope and keep it close, remembering that in each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice....
Beggin' your pardon, miss, but I was told you be the one to help me cross on to the next world.Who told you this?His eyes widen. A fearsome creature with a head full of snakes!You musn't fear her, I s...
Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.
Aww, Sheba. So you’re working for Evie. Honestly, who isn’t working for himself in this meshuga world? Some people just hide it better than others.
All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day.
A hedgehog flies from the safety of a bush, startling me. It darts past us in a terrible hurry. Kartik nods toward the furry little thing. Don't mind him. He's off to meet his lady friend.How can you...
A Evie le daba igual que le gritaran, pero odiaba sentirse juzgada. La irritaba, y hacía que se sintiera pequeña, fea y sin arreglo.
It stung, too, knowing that it was easier for his father to erase his only son's existence than it was for him to tolerate the disappointment of who his son really was.
¿Estáis listas? ¿Empiezo? Había una vez cuatro chicas. Una era guapa. Otra era lista. Otra encantadora y la cuarta... [...] misteriosa. Pero estaban heridas. Había algo en ellas que les faltaba. Algo...
—¿Cómo se inventa uno una religión? —preguntó Evie. Will la miró por encima de los cristales de sus gafas. —Dices 'Dios me ha dicho lo siguiente', y luego esperas a que la gente se apunte.
Когато за някои хора светът върви твърде бързо напред, те се опитват да го дърпат назад със страховете си.
¿Modelo? ¿Actriz? ¿Princesa? Es demasiado hermosa para ser alguien corriente.
Maybe it’s a Midwestern thing, but where I’m from, you’re not supposed to brag about yourself. That’s what my mom says. She says you should wait for people to recognize your good qualities. And then y...
In a manner befitting your station while at Spence. It’s fine to be kind to the lesser girls, but remember that they are not your equals. Station. Lesser girls. Not your equals. It’s a laugh, really.
You've influenced the world not because you wanted to hug it and cuddle it and call it sweet thing, but because one day you wanted to beat the crap out of somebody but you didn't. You made a painting...