I’m not interested in being polite. It’s false.
The man in the shop peered disapprovingly at Evie through the glass. She pumped her arms and legs up and down in imitation of a marching band, gave the man a salute, and continued her meandering walk to the museum.
Evie didn’t mind yelling, but she hated feeling judged. It got under her skin and made her feel small and ugly and unfixable.
Reason was for suckers and Presbyterians.
The wolf was at the door. His shadow spilled into the room, taking it over.
Evie wanted to cry. From fear. From exhaustion, yes. But mostly from the cruel uselessness, the damned stupid arbitrariness of it all.
When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear.
There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...
Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week’s time.
It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband.
Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells ’em off for a coupla stones.
I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I’d give the librarian a secret code word and he’d give me the one book I needed and whisper the necessary page numbers. Like a speakeasy. With books.
They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.
He wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.
She smiled as sweetly as a show poster for the glorified, all-American Ziegfeld girl just before dumping her second cigarette into Wally’s fresh cup of coffee.
Just once I’d like to meet a fella who isn’t a phony. Somebody who doesn’t wanna buy me a fur so he can show me off to his boys.
Greetings, ax murderer! I was just wondering how you like your eggs?
It’s always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.
My personal motto is: WWWWD?: What Would Wonder Woman Do?
What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.