To Mirabelle, the idea of being an object of obsession is alluring and represents a powerful love. She fails to understand, however, that men become obsessive over beautiful women because they want no...
The Matisse seemed to respond to the decreasing light by increasing its own wattage. Every object in the room was drained of color, but the Matisse stood firm in the de-escalating illumination, its be...
She has simply never quite learned to walk or hold herself comfortably, which makes her come off as an attractive wallflower.
She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.
She didn't even finish her last sentence; it just trailed off. I think the subject had changed in her head while her mouth had continued on the old topic, not realizing it was out of supplies.
Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.
In the deeper hours of the night I began to look at myself, to consider myself and my condition, to measure the life I'd led so far. I did not know what made me this way. I did not know of any other w...
If there were a silent observer, Mirabelle would be seen as a carefree, happy girl who is preparing for a night on the town. But in reality, these activities are the physical manifestations of her sti...
His view of the world is one that keeps his blood pressure low, sweeping the cholesterol from his relaxed, freeway-sized arteries. Everyone knows he is going to live till age ninety, although the ques...
But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of her own. She was never moved by what I was doing (in an interview she said, He writes his own materia...
As she sits in a booth, it never occurs to her to observe herself, and thus she is spared the image of a girl sitting alone in a bar on Saturday night. A girl who is willing to give every ounce of her...
Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.
All this in no way discounts her attractiveness. Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
A luxury item is a thing you have that annoys other people that you have it.
[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could be dripped onto it causing its color and essence to become visible, i...
With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.
They told me to just act like myself. When I said, How do I do that? they said to just have fun with it, but I'm not sure what they meant.
Preparing for Catwoman role by leaping off roof into shrub. On third try, I managed to hit the shrub.
Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
It’s late. Need place to rehearse Dead Guy. I lie at bottom of stairs. Wife comes home. Do I break character? Never. She dials shrink.