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“I want one!” The girl stamped her foot just like Elaine had as a child. Maybe she was a princess too? “I don’t think your dad would approve of you getting a tattoo.” “He never approves of anything at all,” Serra frowned. “He’s so mean. You are much kinder. Maybe you can be my dad?” Hadjar choked. The girl’s innocence and naivety always amazed him.”
― Kirill Klevanski, Sea of Sand

“Jacobi”
― Jessica L. Elliott, Charming Academy

“Bite in! I said. The sound of crackling. Eliza giggled in the back. Her parents did not allow her to eat Doritos. I was her drug dealer, in this way. See? I said. What does it taste like? A Dorito, said a smartass in the front row. Cheese, said someone else. Really? I said. They concentrated on their chips. That good dust stuff, said someone else. Exactly, I said. That good dust stuff.”
― Aimee Bender, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

“He opened his arms and I ran into them in excitement.”
― Elizabeth Stevens, Keeping Up Appearances