War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.
Libba BrayHow I'd love to get away from here and be someone else for a while in a place where no one knows or expects certain things from me.
Libba BrayChin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff.
Libba BrayHe wanted to hit something or someone. He wanted to burn up the whole world, heal it, and burn it down again.
Libba BrayEvie replied with an eye-roll. โDo you think you can manage to not steal anything while Iโm gone?โ โThe only thing Iโm trying to steal is your heart, doll.โ Sam smirked. โYouโre not that talented a thief, Sam Lloyd.
Libba BrayAgent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his bewigged head. 'Death to the capitalist pigs! Death to your cinnamon bun-smelling malls! Death to your power walking and automatic car windows and I'm With Stupid T-shirts! The Republic of ChaCha will never bend to your side-of-fries -drive -through-please-oh-would-you-like-ketchup-with-that corruption! MoMo B. ChaCha defies you and all you stand for, and one day, you will crumble into the sea and we will pick up the pieces and make them into sand art.
Libba Bray