Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to each other every day? They just carried on life and pretended like the evil didn't exist, as long as it was happening out of their direct view.
Rachel CaineWant to play baseball?โโ she asked. Shaneโs eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. โWhat?โโ โFirst base,โโ she said. โYouโre already there.โโ โIโm not running the bases.โโ โWell, you could at least steal second.โโ โJeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now youโve gone and ruined it.
Rachel CaineWell,โ Naomi said cheerfully, โwhatโs the worst that can happen?โ They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook.
Rachel CaineI think at some level, it's just alchemy that we, as writers, can't explain when we write the characters. I don't set out to create the characters - they're not, to me, collections of quirks that I can put together. I discover the characters, instead. I usually go through a standard set of interview questions with the character in the beginning and ask the vital stuff: What's important to you? What do you love? Hate? Fear? .. and then I know where to start. But the characters just grow on their own, at a certain point. And start surprising me.
Rachel CaineThe Morganville in her wanted to tell people to go home and be safe, but she knew that was verging on crazy. The world these laughing people lived in was a very different place. She was in a very different place.
Rachel CaineYeah, I know. Terror Aerobics. Just wait until they get it at the gym. It'll be bigge than pilates. --Eve
Rachel CaineEve took me to teach me how to fence," Claire said. "Not so much how to fence as how to hold a sword and not drop it," Eve said. "And then I fought Oliver to a draw." Shane fluttered his hands. "Oh, and then we were all elected as ice princesses and asked to go to Disneyland!" "Laugh all you want. I'm going to look way better in full skirts than you," Eve said.
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