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1 " Hush Hattie!" I said, intoxicated with my success. " I don't want to go to my room. Everyone must know I shan't marry the prince." I ran to the door to our street, opened it, and called out into the night, " I shan't marry the prince." I turned back into the hall and ran to Char and threw my arms about his neck. " I shan't marry you." I kissed his cheek. He was safe from me. "
2 " Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. " Have we met before, Lady? "
3 " I stole a bit of a chopped vegetable and was about to put it in my mouth when Jae’s long fingers closed over my wrist. “What? You can’t eat this raw?”“It’s bitter melon. You won’t like it.” He went into the fridge and came out with something that looked halfway familiar. “Here, leftover bao. There’s char siu inside.”“The red pork stuff? Yeah, I like that. I thought it was Chinese.” “It is. We also eat hamburgers and spaghetti. "
― Rhys Ford , Dirty Kiss (Cole McGinnis, #1)
4 " Most species of dragons had retired or, mistaken for dinosaurs, collectively hung their bones in museums, waiting in the wings for just the right time to reemerge, to scorch schools and char church parking lots. "
― , Wilde Stories 2012: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction
