“Nancy thought Bean was a pain and a pest. Bean thought Nancy was a booger-head.”
“THE GHOST OF PANCAKE COURT Bean”
“I don’t think they’re really mad,” said Ivy. “You don’t?” They had seemed pretty mad to Bean. “They have to act mad so they’ll seem fair to your sister,”
“Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay.”
“You have a dedication to life and truth that burns out of you as beauty and I envy it so much I want to be around it for the rest of my life.”
“Blood began to flow, at first cautiously, as if embarrassed by its appearance; a few thin red lines exploring the gravitational trajectory of its new terrain. Now it flowed faster, steadily staining her pale flesh a horrific red.”
“He smiled. And as I looked at the naked beauty of the expression, I fell in love with him.
It was that simple, that complicated.”
“Relationships are a fucking pain in the ass sometimes.”
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