Having the wisdom to tell what you can’t change from what you can?
She doesn’t say anything for a few seconds. Are you sure, Kate? A year is a long time, especially at your age. True. It would be a shame for you to miss my first step. She rolls her eyes. You know wha...
Slán go fóill, a stór mo chroí.
So, you’re sort of like a reverse Shawn Spencer? The guy on that show from a while back who claimed to be psychic, but he’s really just seeing the stuff other people could see, if they paid closer att...
You look very librarian. He’s right. The blue dress falls just below the knee and is probably the frumpiest-looking thing I’ve ever worn, but at least it’s loose enough that I can fight in it if I hav...
The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA has created a truly incredible online simulation of the 1893 Columbian Exposition that made me feel as though I’d actually strolled the sidewalks of the Wooded Island...
Things settled into a lazy pattern. School, chores, and long hours down by the river. Kiernan talked about the books he read sometimes, even loaned me a few. But I liked it better when he read to me o...
Connor follows Dad’s lead and steps forward to take Kiernan’s hand. I’m Connor Dunne. And you can call me Mr. Dunne. There’s a slight twinkle in Connor’s eye, so I think he’s joking. But whether he me...
Where's Kiernan? I asked. He's with Brother Cyrus. Your turn.The blood drained from my face and I stepped back, toward the wall. One of the older women, Glory, had died from a heart attack the year be...
Well, I'm expecting great things from you, young man! Th-thank you, Brother Cyrus. As soon as he released my shoulders, I hurried over to the glass wall where Kiernan was sitting, frowning out at the...
He'll sit stock still for hours if there's something to occupy his mind—something loud and blaring, like a computer game or an action movie. But sit still and read a book? Or just look at the stars? I...
I fake an annoyed look at his interruption. As I was saying, your ego doesn’t need to be inflated. But as I say the words, I realize that I don’t think they’re true. Every now and then I catch him wat...
The manager rolls his eyes. Sorry, miss, already picked my dozen— So make it a baker’s dozen, someone yells from the back. Bet she can’t hit the bloody nail anyway. Give us somethin’ to laugh at. That...
That increasing the role of religion in society would make things worse, not better.
She’s not the most stable isotope in the lab
I’d like to think those laws will be overturned, but the Supreme Court is as useless as tits on a bull these days.
I’d pegged you as cute-but-boring. But it looks like Kate’s little pet has claws.
Katherine leaned forward, pushing the glowing
Money is power and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.
One in particular catches my eye, because I’ve met him, and also his father. You’re kidding me? The little guy who came over on the boat last week? He's a baby! Okay, not a baby , and I guess it was o...
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