Unbelievably, even Charlie —had come from moments of privacy with red eyes. Piper had cried the most, and openly. But it wasn’t loss she saw on Cameron’s face now. It was something worse. They let us...
I’m not sure what you mean. Ask him if he’s telling the truth. Cameron thought she must be kidding, but Jeanine’s eyes were hard and serious. Right.
If the world is dead, at least it took Applebee's with it.
Filibustering, and
Lila sensed the cessation of motion more than she actually felt it. Being in the shuttle did something to her equilibrium — something about the sense of being high in the air in what looked like a bub...
Meyer closed his eyes, obeying the summons. But this time, Divinity’s presence was further away, not as intimate.
Typical. Lemonade turned back into lemons, then into piss.
Success comes from hard work and the accumulation of small numbers. Unlike yesterday, today’s prosperity can bloom from continuous intelligent production. For the first time in history, life as a full...
Some thoughts you shouldn’t let out of their cage.
Howdy there, you’ve reached Boricio’s Center For Mental Fitness. Please listen to the following options: If you’re obsessive compulsive, press #1 over and over, 47 times or your mother will die. If yo...
In an ethical sales transaction, the buyer and seller should be equally pleased. Each party should feel like thanking the other. Ethical marketing is nothing more than letting people who might like yo...
Control or block? Piper asked.
So now there really are little green men on the moon? These people weren’t official SETI. They didn’t understand the data at first. Turns out, they were hearing an echo. Something not from the moon, b...
Taking acceptable risks is a key ingredient for success. If the path was easy, everyone would take it. Ballsy people, if they’re intelligent and learn from their mistakes, shape the world. The thing t...
They have insurance, and my insurance has been ripping me off for years. I owe them one. How do you know it’s the same insurance company? said Lila. They’re all owned by Satan. Let’s go.
Oh shit, I’m sorry, Brent said. He never knew what to say when someone mentioned death. And he always felt like sorry was one of the worst things you could say. It was so ... trite. Yet, he could neve...
Like the idea that there were aliens among us. That there always have been, I mean. I’d read about Elvis being an alien and Richard Nixon being an alien and Jimi Hendrix and Donald Fucking Trump being...
Open. The two other men ran out, the blond’s hair in corkscrews. He looked lost, baffled by the wreck at the bottom of the incline. But the other —the one with the buzz cut —didn’t look lost at all. H...
Take Daddy’s hand. And Clara, to Lila’s immense relief, merely walked alongside him without claiming his offer.
Strength and a weakness — an obsessive-compulsive breed of obstinacy. Those who couldn’t accept the obvious would slam their heads against the inevitable until they exhausted their numbers and dwindle...
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