“Never show fear. Move forward. Don’t hesitate; they wont expect it.”
“Crying doesn’t hurt. But when you cry, it’s because your heart does.”
“The sooner you learn women rule this world, the better off you’ll be.”
“A pulse of current invaded Kaitlyn’s brain, and she straightened up in her seat. It wasn’t painful; it was more of an annoyance. Like a slight buzz between her temples. Maybe even a tickle. She found it somewhat interesting that the test never picked up on her body's awareness of Lucas. Obviously, the computers didn’t know everything.”
“The sooner you learn women rule this world, the better off you’ll be.” ”
“You shouldn’t let a train track decide if you are good or bad.”
“It was amazing that such beauty existed and then there was such ugliness in the world.”
“It was amazing that such beauty existed, and yet there was such ugliness in the world.”
“If only she hadn’t checked the “donate body to science” option on her driver’s license,”
“I don’t want to be just a weapon,” Kaitlyn said firmly. “I want to be a solution,”
“You make my body feel like it’s revving up when I am standing still. I don’t know how to describe it. I wake up looking forward to seeing you and I go to bed thinking of you.”
“Watch out, I have a large, very large fur, with which I could cover you up entirely, and I have a mind to catch you in it as in a net.”
“Last I saw him, he was sucking on a bottle of whiskey like he was trying to make it come.”
“I've cared for heaps of people, but not to marry them' she said. 'I suppose I'm too fastidious. all my life I've wanted somebody I could look up to, somebody great and big and splendid. Most men are so small.'
'What d;you mean by splendid?' Hewet asked. 'People are-nothing more.”
“It was the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.”
“He made a good salary but he did not flaunt it. He’d been raised in Chicago proper by a Lithuanian Jewish mother who had grown up in poverty, telling stories, often, of extending a chicken to its fullest capacity, so as soon as a restaurant served his dish, he would promptly cut it in half and ask for a to-go container. Portions are too big anyway, he’d grumble, patting his waistline. He’d only give away his food if the corners were cleanly cut, as he believed a homeless person would just feel worse eating food with ragged bitemarks at the edges – as if, he said, they are dogs, or bacteria. Dignity, he said, lifting his half-lasagna into its box, is no detail.”
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