He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.

Quintana of Charyn's body was a map of hatred.

Sheep. Looting. Cousins." Lucien cursed and got out of bed.

There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.’ ‘Oh the poor animal,’ she cried out, ‘they’re such beautiful creatures.’ ‘I’m speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,’ he said.

Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.

He takes out a cigarette and offers one to me. "I try not to indulge. It's a filthy habit," I tell him. "I love that word filthy. I love the way you force it out of your mouth like it's some kind of vermin you want to get rid of." "You've had vermin in your mouth?" "You're mean in that way, you know. You don't let anyone get away with pathetic analogies.

My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.