Boys. Listen up. We are going out for a girlsโ night, where there will be dancing.โ Kami did an illustrative shimmy. Angela looked resigned. Jared looked amused. โWhat was that?โ โYouโve got to dance like nobodyโs watching, Jared,โ Kami informed him. โHave you considered that perhaps nobodyโs watching because theyโre too embarrassed for you?โ โFine,โ said Kami, grinning at him. โBe a hater of dances. Be a hater of joy. I donโt care. Youโre not invited!
Sarah Rees BrennanLillian shut her eyes briefly, as if she hoped when she opened them she would behold a world in which people never said ridiculous things.
Sarah Rees BrennanKami said, "I want you to go in there and vamp that receptionist." "What?" Ash said blankly. "You know," Kami said. "Dazzle her with your charms. Rock her world. Go on." [...] "What," Ash said, "all of us?" "Do you want to stand around trying to guess if she likes pretty boys or rough trade?" Jared asked, gesturing lazily from Ash to himself. "Excuse me, what did you just call yourself?" Ash demanded. "No, wait a second, I don't care. What did you just call me?
Sarah Rees BrennanKami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real objection to the handsome prince.
Sarah Rees BrennanForest deep, silent bells There's a secret no one tells Valley quiet, water still Lynburns watching on the hill Apples red, corn gold Almost everyone grows old
Sarah Rees BrennanShe'd always known he loved her, it had been the one certainty above all others that had never changed, but she had never said the words aloud and she had never meant them quite this way before. She had said it to him, and she hardly knew what she had meant. They were terrifying words, words to encompass a world.
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