Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way.
It took about three minutes for the unassuming Waffle House to become the new offices of the law firm of Amber, Amber, Amber, and Madison. They set up camp in a clump of booths in the corner opposite...
What the hell is wrong with you? he asked.It was a good question.
It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil.
It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.
He had let Aunt Peg live in his house and married her, so clearly he had a thing for flaky American types who liked to sneak off in the dead of night. That was, as Ginny remembered it, how America won...
And what else is she? Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, A bitchweasel?A bitchweasel! Jazza's face lit up. She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate.
Albert Ellingham said knowledge was his religion and libraries were his church, so he built a church.
We're going to die, Keith said, the moment he was gone. This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and he's going to bury us in his garden and build a shed on us.
Want to make it a date, haircut?' she asked. 'As soon as I can scrape together the cash for the train ticket?'What's with the haircut, ?' he asked. 'I thought we were past that.'We'll be past that,'...
Oh my God! said one of the Ambers. Is this not the worst trip ever? Did you see the snow? She was a sharp one, this Amber. What would she notice next? The train? The moon? The hilarious vagaries of hu...
No sausage? he asked.Apparently my pork consumption habits were a matter of public record.
Don-Keun was a new man. The moment they arrived, he vanished for a second. We heard muffled ecstatic screaming coming from somewhere in the back of the Waffle House kitchen, then he reappeared, his fa...
Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like tangentially Swedish is not the best way to go.
After that, I felt like I had two lives. There was the me I had been before the attack, the one people knew and wanted to relate to. The one people wanted to comfort and fix. And there was another me,...
You want to go back to my house the long way? he asked.Or the shortcut? You have to be cold-Long way, I replied. The long way, for sure.
You should really, like, dump her and date me instead,' May heard herself saying, all confidence. 'I'm not as irritating. I mean, I'm irritating, but I'm not as bad as she is. And you know me better....
With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue,...
Top Trumps appeared to be a game in which you got cards, and the cards had a picture (in this case, of a horse), and told you all kinds of stats for that horse, how fast it was, how big it was, etc. W...
The day was ridiculous.In fact, the situation was so serious I thought they had to be joking - like maybe they staged a special first day to psych people out. I had one class in the morning, the myste...