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1 " She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans. "
― R.J. Lawrence , The Fortunate Only
2 " He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her from above with a bizarre contemplation, his head tilted acrook, as if he'd snared some exquisite fairy from a storybook tale his own. "
3 " The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the business end of a skunk. "
4 " It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself. "
5 " The sun had set, but a faint pastel haze lingered in the mid-summer sky. "
6 " Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent. "
7 " You want my advice? Well, here it is. Don't take no advice and don't give none neither. "
8 " They loved deeply in those early years, as it is common for young lovers to do. "
9 " The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern more than superficial characteristics. As she grew closer, he saw the mud streaks and torn clothing, and within her eyes, he saw an emptiness where something beautiful might once have dwelled. A thing not lost, but taken, abruptly and without warning, using method so thorough as to alter a soul. "
10 " A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower growing someplace infirm. "
11 " They drove out of the driveway and onto the road, venturing forth into the horizon, spacious and empty, hanging before them blackly, and offering little else but the promise of the red morning sun. "
12 " What fools are those who spend their time constructing defenses against things there are no defenses for. "
13 " They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens. "
14 " He flipped over and positioned himself atop her, his head congested with rude thoughts. "
15 " He kissed her somber lips and said goodbye, and then he shut the door in her beautiful face against whatever sanity still nested in his mind. "
16 " On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, their faces lit with broad smiles, their demeanors odd to all but themselves. "
17 " Youth and patience are foreign to one another. "
