Atmosphere
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“Sometimes I don’t know if I knew my dad or I just created a man out of thin air, as a god to pray to.” “Well.” Joan sat down on the blanket. She opened the cooler and grabbed a beer. “Maybe it’s both and maybe that’s okay.”
“I'm not reading into anything," I said, even though I was already on the tenth chapter, deep into the footnotes.”
― Outdrawn
― Outdrawn
“In addition, Noland had weird little mannerisms about him. Like for instance, he wiped his ass with a wet washcloth after taking a dump right before he went to work his third shift, then had my upstairs bathroom smelling like shit the next morning because he didn’t empty the trash bin.”
― Everybody Ain't Your Friend
― Everybody Ain't Your Friend
“The mascara never came off, to my knowledge; I think she just added a layer or two daily.”
― The Fury
― The Fury
“I shook my head. "It looked good, Pastel. You look good." Noah stared at me. "Careful, you're this close to complimenting me." "I'll go one step closer," I promised, because I needed to let some of the energy out. Maybe it'd help me feel lighter. "You look beautiful.”
― Outdrawn
― Outdrawn
“She holds it to her mouth and kisses it, then slides it back inside the pages of the magazine.”
― None of This Is True
― None of This Is True
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