Could You Repeat That? 155

Dec 31, 2016 19:44

Goldenhand, Garth Nix
"I will call upon you in the morning, Lirael. With your permission we will continue to investigate Master Sayre's interesting powers."
"What about my permission?" asked Nick.
"That too, of course," said Vancelle.

Paper and Fire, Rachel Caine
"Are you also determined to be foolish?"
"It's my finest quality," he said blandly. Her smile had the power of a lightning strike.

TV (The Book), Alan Sepinwall & Matt Zoller Seitz
If you tell someone who's never watched it that a show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer is among the best TV dramas of all time, they will roll their eyes at you and change the subject to something less divisive, like immigration policy.

Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, Max Porter
Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project.

Cities I've Never Lived In, Sara Majka
We fall out of love only to fall in love with a duplicate of what we've left, never understanding that we love what we love and that it doesn't change.

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine
Never fall for a man so hard you can't pull your heart back in time.

The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville
Humans, of course, could be killed with almost anything.

Ninety-Nine Stories of God, Joy Williams
There were two funerals but only one trial.

Breaking Wild, Diane Les Bequets
The capacity for my grief was all the love I'd had for Brody. And my own capacity wasn't big enough. I needed a space just as wild and vast as that love to set it free.

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