“ It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway. ”
They don't understand it. They're not old enough to know the first instinct of irritation should be avoided in order to keep an open mind.
~ Amelia Gray
The more bleach in the bedsheets, the greater Chastity's impulse to roll around in them. A party would be thrown, she decided, the kind that would tell a small story in the contents of the dustpan the next morning. Detached sequins and mint leaves muddled by high heels, shrimp tales mixed in with a few shards of broken glass, a crust of bread. She rolled in her bleached sheets until they wrapped around her like a storm, and she fell asleep in the eye of it.
Tess realized one of the great modern dating sadnesses: everyone is so used to the comforting glow of the computer screen that no one can go so far as to say good morning in public without being liquored up.
Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.
