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“Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirtsthe sticker bindis on club kids, ...”
“The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.”
“Sometimes you really want to say "Duh," but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.”
“In lieu of Tasers, you'll have to hit me. Hard as you can. Then maybe some kind of fight-or-flight response will kick in and I'll turn into a bat to get away from you.""Fight or flight.""Yes.""Only...”
“There was less than Id expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled DEAD SPIDERS. As if I hadnt always known it was there. As if...”
“Woah,' I said, blocking the doorway. 'You can't come in here. This is the girls' r”
“Ohh,' said the girl with a sad tilt of her”
“There was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled ‘DEAD SPIDERS.’ As if I hadn’t always known it was there. A...”
