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1 " If everyone you knew jumped off a bridge, would you too?” Dr. Roger asked.David had heard this before and knew you were supposed to say no. But was that really true? If everyone jumped off a bridge, maybe there was a good reason. Maybe the bridge was on fire.If anything, the guy who didn’t jump was the crazy one. "
― John M. Cusick , Girl Parts
2 " The car was only partway submerged; David must have regained control enough to brake before driving all the way into the water. But from Charlie's vantage point it looked like the lake stopped the car, as if the water wasn't water but an impermeable barrier the luxury automobile didn't have the strength to shatter. "
3 " What's your problem?""I don't have problems. I solve them. "
4 " David had heard this before, and knew you were supposed to say no. But was that really true? If everyone jumped off a bridge, maybe there was a good reason. Maybe the bridge was on fire. If anything, the guy who didn't jump was the crazy one. "
5 " Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are," May sang to herself softly. "Like an eyelet in the scrim, letting little blue drops in. "
6 " When they were both five, Charlie and David asked their mother where babies come from. Charlie's mom folded herself into an armchair, sat Charlie on her lap, and pointed to pictures in what Charlie had always thought was a book of sea creatures. She helped him sounds out the scientific names. David's mother had a more whimsical answer. "When two people make love, a little blue fair leaps from the daddy to the mummy, connecting them like a ribbon of light. And sometimes, the fairy leaves a baby in the mummy's tummy." Would the fairies leave any more babies in his mummy's tummy? David wanted to know. "No, Davie." Why not? "Because Daddy's fairies are lazy. "
7 " Nobody dressed like that in Aubrey, not even in the nicer parts. "
― John M. Cusick , Cherry Money Baby
8 " I didn’t really know who she was. I just thought she was some hot chick in a polo short who didn’t know how to chew her food. "
9 " This is, like, the biggest thing to happen in our town since that girl found a potato that looked like Mother Teresa. "
10 " Cherry’s run was a loop, from her trailer park, down Hope Avenue, up Route 9, past the bottling plant, and back down Webster. The same every day. Same direction, same view. Except today. "
11 " She decided today was Day One of her new life of not flipping her shit at people. Today was Day One of not being a crazy bitch. "
