Fear is shiny. Ruthless in the eyes.

Competence was attractive.

You can't eat books, sweetheart.

At first, she could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him?

She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.

Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't want to hear it, either.

She was a girl with a mountain to climb.