America had six time zones. Lina’s father called it the land of dreams, and so it seemed. For what other country would aspire to occupy the past, present, and future, all at the same time?
“Outside, the hummingbird’s whirring sounds almost like human breath. Its beak jabs into the pool of sugared water at the feeder’s base. What a terrible life, I think now, to have to move so fast just to stay in one place.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“His panel was on the digital divide,”
― Rodham
― Rodham
“You want a place to be like it was in the book but it’s not a place in a book it’s just words.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“We spent so much time looking for pieces of ourselves in other people that we never realized they were busy searching for the same things in us.”
― Mostly Dead Things
― Mostly Dead Things
“It had been winter for so long that the air didn’t hurt anymore.”
― The Great Believers
― The Great Believers
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