There's no time to be modest. Reason will not work here. Without warning, I kiss Kartik. His lips, pressed firmly against mine, are a surprise. They are warm, light as breath, firm as the give of a pe...
There's nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.
There’s a Douglas Fairbanks picture at the Strand. A swashbuckler. You love those. Evie closed one eye. You’re telling me not to lose hope because there are pirate pictures? I’m trying here, Baby Vamp...
¡Está celoso! Kartik está celoso y Simon me ve...apetitosa. Me siento complacida. Y desconcertada. Pero sobretodo complacida.
These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.
These words have been sanitized for your protection. An adjective and a noun, respectively.
Theta blew out another plume of cigarette smoke. Not interested. Love’s messy, kiddo. Let those other girls get moony-eyed and goofy. Me? I got plans.
Theta crashed next to them on the thick zebra-skin rug. I’m embalmed. Potted and splificated? Ossified to the gills. Time for night-night.
Theta rolled over, facing Evie, their noses nearly touching. Evil? Yes? I love you. Now, shut up and go to sleep.
Theta sat next to Memphis and watched Mr. and Mrs. Chan laughing about some private joke. They were a mixed couple, and they were happy. No one seemed to be bothering them. But they were also here in...
Theta’s hand slid just slightly toward Memphis’s. He inched his forward, too, just grazing the tips of her fingers with his.
They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea but who isn't really here.
They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.
You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?
They misspelled 'party.' How evil genius can they be?
They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.
They weren't protected by our own laws. They were on their own.Doesn't sound terribly American.On the contrary, it's very American, Will said bitterly
They wish, too, that they could warn them about the gray man in the stovepipe hat, about the King of Crows. For not all ghosts remember, and the citizens have need of warning.
They’d never discussed how to find one’s place in the world, never talked of fathers and sons, or what makes someone a man. No. He and Will spoke in newspaper articles about ghosts. They conversed thr...
They’re too tired for bathing, but they’re not too tired for dreams. For dreams, too, are ghosts, desires chased in sleep, gone by morning. The longing of dreams draws the dead, and the city hall to m...
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