However, it has come to our attention that there is a small safety glitch with the Git R Done 447, which might cause it to fire too soon or even randomly, accidentally killing someone you love. Awkwar...
How I'd love to get away from here and be someone else for a while in a place where no one knows or expects certain things from me.
Holy f---! she managed before going under again, as if the water sensed that young ladies of such beauty and promise should never curse.
Hey, the cabbie yelled. How’s about a tip? You bet-ski, Evie said, heading toward the old Victorian mansion, her long silk scarf trailing behind her. Don’t kiss strange men in Penn Station.
He told me that once, in the war, he’d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out; he was just lying there in agony. The soldier had looked up at Sergeant Leonard, and even t...
He put a hand to the cool, painted stones bearing witness to so many names, so many histories. In the mural, there were painted lines for the Underground, like scars stretched across the skin of the i...
He loved her. Was in love with her. Had always loved her. And it seemed that she loved him, too. It was funny how the world could change on a dime like that. One minute, you were some poor chump pinin...
Grinning, he grabbed his fisherman’s cap and coat. I love you, he whispered quietly. Ikh hob dikh lib. He kissed Evie’s head. She rustled in her sleep, turning away. Fine. I see how it is. I just wast...
Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot...
For a brief while, the women ask us questions: are we looking forward to our debuts? Did we enjoy this opera or that play? As we give our slight answers, they smile, and I cannot read what is behind t...
Fashionable debutantes in pastel chiffon party dresses wilt into leather club chairs like frosted petits fours melting under the July sun.
Everyone seems to want more form me. I am a thoroughly disappointing girl around. I shall wear a scarlet 'D' upon my bosom for all to see so that they will know not to raise their expectations.
En opinión de Evie había pocas cosas peores que ser normal. Lo normal era para los paletos. Ella quería ser especial. Una estrella brillante.
E achava que estava tendo uma crise existencial. Mas não era nada.
Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.
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...
Dammit!What? Gonzo sounds panicked.We're out of gas.You're Shithenging me.I Shithenge you not.
Cash or check? he said cheekily. Even the dullest Ohio girls knew that bit of lingo: Kiss now or kiss later? Bank’s closed, pal.
But you've changed,' I whisper. 'Haven't you?' It is the scorpian's nature to sting. Just because he has no opportunity doesn't mean that he cannot.
But without that spark of anger, without destruction, there can be no rebirth.