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“The world should have been in Technicolour, but seemed more like black and white.”
“None of us gets to choose how we're born, it's what we make of ourselves afterwards.”
“You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori”
“You two were in a cave together? said Miss Simpkins in horror.Yes, said Kate, and it was very, very dark.”
“You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror.‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.”
“The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!”
“Individuality: ten. Cautiousness: three. Combativeness: nine." She looked over and gave me a wink. "Well, what did you expect from a pirate's daughter? Hope: eight. Amativeness. What's that?"Kate a...”
“You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.”
“I felt like I was seeing Shannon through a new lens, undistracted by Jennifer's nuclear glow. I could see how pretty she really was, how kind her eyes were.”
“IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand, or maybe your FACE! I arrange the food on plates with care, are you understand...”
“Let me get you all some punch, I said.You're leaving us? said Isabel, sounding panicky.I'll be right back, I promised. If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.”
“Nothing's scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It's the worst thing for a parent.”
“The sky pulsed with stars. Some people say it makes them lonesome when they stare up at the night sky. I can't imagine why. There's no shortage of company. By now there's not a constellation I can'...”
“I took [Kate's] hand in mine, and felt her fingers squeeze back. And I thought: home. It took me completely by surprise. But I suppose that once you bid farewell to your first home, you're always l...”
“The baby was warm against my chest. I knew I was broken too. I wasn't like other people. I was scared and weird and anxious and sad lots of the time, and I didn't know why. My parents thought I was...”
“Let me get you all some punch,” I said.“You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky.“I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.”
