“ Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt. Marta Acosta
“ A very ladylike bosom, she said, approvingly.There’s nothing there, I complained.The clerk grinned. I have been fitting bras for twenty-five years and noone ever thinks her breasts are good enough, sh… Marta Acosta
“ Jane, this young man is Jacob, my oldest son. It’s no secret that aheadmistress’s biggest challenge is her family. Jacob, say hello to Jane.Hello to Jane, he parroted, pulling out the pockets of his s… Marta Acosta
“ I'm driving so it's your job to make small talk.Oh.Not that small. He waved at the security guard as we left the club. Make medium talk. Marta Acosta
“ I took one look at his composed face and know he doesn’t understand,because if he did understand, he would be weeping, too, for this boy who loved a world that never loved him. Marta Acosta
“ But how do you tell someone your genius ex-boyfriend invented microscopic nanobots to retrieve wayward sperm? You don’t. Marta Acosta
“ Lily, the girl who’d talked back to the jock, said, I want to get as far awayfrom my parents as possible. We’re like potassium and water.The other kids laughed and I said, Huh?If potassium comes into… Marta Acosta
“ You know, I've always hated those stories about princes and princesses with some extraordinary ability, special because they're born special.' 'Like me?' He smiled wickedly, making me laugh a little.… Marta Acosta
“ I used a light hand with my makeup because I wanted to look good without looking like a good time. Marta Acosta
“ I believe you’re in denial about her situation. Hasn’t she been asked to step away from those greater issues and resolve problems that are smaller in scope, like overturned vehicles and commuter tie-u… Marta Acosta
“ The potted plant could have been knocked over intentionally or accidentally, or maybe one of the animals that lived here broke it somehow.I thought of the impossibilities and improbabilities. Jack wou… Marta Acosta
“ One day blurs into the next, one week is indistinguishable from another. Their existence consists of waiting for the weekend, then waiting for retirement, and then waiting for death. Marta Acosta
“ He was muttering now and I could barely make out his words. I'm going to die without ever feeling a woman's tits.Go ahead, I said. It was about time I used the power of my chichis for good and not for… Marta Acosta
“ I said his name softly to myself. Lucky. Lucian Radcliffe. His name must come from the Latin lucianus, meaning light, and that's what he was, golden and bright.I didn't care what Jack's name meant. Pr… Marta Acosta
