“I had to admit, there was peace in my loneliness. I'd worked fear and sorrow into my daily routine and now I felt attached to them.”
― Soft Core
― Soft Core
“All I know, in fact, is this: Men are dying to be let in on the secret pleasures of girlhood. They feel cheated out of ease and glamour, friend-kisses and hushed gossip.”
― Soft Core
― Soft Core
“How much can I spend?” she asked. “I’ll call you when the text alerts start scaring me.”
― Hideaway
― Hideaway
“And you say “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned”." "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "What would you like to confess?" "A boy got a hold of me, Father.”
― Hideaway
― Hideaway
“Kate Bush on the stereo, Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, anything swoopy and round with girls’ screams. How time felt like a pack of cards, shuffled in that Vegas way. The hours swooped and gooped around us like fallen ice-cream cones. We kissed and became millionaires. I rearranged my teeth to speak: You are my Lotto ticket. A stick of incense burns forever, stuck into an orange.”
― Soft Core
― Soft Core
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