She wished she were as inconsequential as the ghosts in her dreams.
Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't actually see it or touch it. But to the Brahma, it simply doesn't exist the way the air and...
Promise. Don’t misunderstand me—you are quite vexing. He touches his tender jaw. And you hit like a man. But you didn’t cause his illness. That is his doing.
On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls’ sports were to blame. Then they cut to a commercial featuring a sexy college coed vacuuming her...
Okay. That’s fair. Abso-tive-ly fair. Let’s say the tables were turned. If I were about to walk off a cliff, what would you do?Evie pursed her lips. Push?I don’t believe that.You would on the way down...
No se puede culpar a un chico por besar a la muchacha más hermosa de Nueva York.
My aunt says you should only pray to Jesus. Blind Bill grunted and spat. You think the white folks' god is gonna help you? You think he's on our side? I don't think anybody's god is on our side.
Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye, he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend.I've never known a braver girl, he says.
Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.
Memphis—it’s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. It’s what they do. It’s not following you, and it’s not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange...
Memphis cupped her cheek in his hand and put his mouth on hers. Theta had never been kissed the way Memphis was kissing her now. There had been fumbling boys thrumming with nervous want. There had bee...
Los asesinatos eran una razón más para pasar la noche bebiendo y bailando. Eran muy buenos para los negocios.
Lord, cat. Announce yourself next time. I don’t have no nine lives.
Little clue: wasted on me. What? I’m into girls. Oh. Oh! Chu said. Right. Got it. That’s cool. I’ve got a cousin who’s gay. Amy Liu. Know her? Jennifer laughed. Oh, sure. I’ll just look her up in the...
Like, it’s so much pressure all the time and if you get upset or angry, people say, ‘Are you on the rag or something?’ And it’s like I want to say, ‘No. I’m just pissed off right now. Can’t I just be...
Jericho didn’t seem to know life beyond the pages of a musty old book, and he didn’t seem interested in knowing anything beyond that, either.
I’ve spent the last two hours worried that you were bleeding to death in a ditch, Evie continued. Now that I know you’re okay, I just want you to be bleeding to death in a ditch.Aww, Lamb Chop, you mi...
I’m not that kind of Indian, Shanti said, her practiced smile never leaving her face, though it faltered just a bit, and in that slight wobble was something hard and angry, something that looked like...
It's just a little initiation we have here at Spence - we like to torture each other. Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.
It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear.You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I...