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“...as he was combing his hair in front of the mirror...only then did he understand that a man knows when he is growing older because he begins to look like his father.”
“Lush, detailed, total-immersion storytelling.–Kirkus Review”
“An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. –Booklist”
“A gripping historical novel . . . heart-stopping, heart-racing and eventually heart-easing.–Library Voice”
“God is the world's oldest philosopher”
“It’s not difficult to put a girl in bottle; especially when she thinks, she is the boss.”
“I only accept and pay attention to feedback from people who are also in the arena. If you're occasionally getting your butt kicked as you respond, and if you're also figuring out how to stay open t...”
“It is tragic the way fearful people put all of their fears and insecurities into others”
“Parker didn’t so much melt against him as he tried to inhabit the same skin Jake was wearing, and Jake wasn’t going to complain about that.”
“I had a dream that I had brown hair…I woke up and ran to the mirror…Phew! I’m still a blonde.”
“I’m not trying to make you cry. I’m trying to make you see. You’re just like the colorful sky, Lilla, this beautiful creation, forgotten. Hidden wonders unseen, by those who don’t bother to look an...”
“You always say that I’m beautiful. Will you still love me when I’m old?"Geoff’s hand made small circles on his stomach."Elijah." Geoff rarely called him that, and he turned his head to look into Ge...”
“Ami leaned into his side and inhaled the fresh scent of man. “Uh, no. Sometimes my biological clock threatens to explode like a ticking bomb, that’s all. Rachel is so lucky. Nat is a doll. Doug ado...”
“With you I understood that pleasure is not something you give or take. It's a way of giving yourself and calling forth the gift of self from another person.”
“The stoic contemplates fallen leaves”
“It’s too dangerous…I would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to him. I wouldn’t be able to bare it. Forgiveness would be out of the question”
“Flanked by his personal guardsmen, Emperor Gevalen walked toward me, never letting go of me with his eyes. It was thrilling and terrifying all at once.”
“Little minds try to solve the matters through violence and darkness”
“Dear Beloved woman,Time… so much time has passed since my love wrote his last words for me.And yet I remember it as if it were yesterday. I remember writing back and for the first time since I had ...”
“Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare ourselves and our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.”
