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Emalia
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“Jovie suddenly had a strange feeling like she was viewing her life frow above, in it and apart from it at the same time. despite all they had just seen and done, in this universe and beyond, she might just remember this the most. This room these people. it didn't matter what was happening anywhere else, or what had happened before, or even what would come next.
'Just this,' she thought, looking at her three friends. 'Just hold on to this.”
― Drifters
'Just this,' she thought, looking at her three friends. 'Just hold on to this.”
― Drifters
“What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?”
― Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
― Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
“I know it's hard," Jovie said gently. "You've probably spent a long time felling like you don't belong, like you weren't a part of the world around you. But that's the drift talking." She motioned to her friends, to the crowded fort with it's warm light. "And this is how we fight it.”
― Drifters
― Drifters
“I think that home is a thousand different things that shift and change and stay the same. It's where you're from and where you're longing for and where you love and where you belong and where you're coming back to and sometimes it's everything and it's everywhere.”
― Ghostlines
― Ghostlines
“But you’re supposed to play music, obviously,” said Victoria.
Lawrence looked at her in surprise.
“You mean it? I thought you hated it.”
“I do mean it,” said Victoria. She felt pretty shocked herself. “It’s annoying sometimes—well, a lot of the time, really—but it’s obviously the thing you’re best at, so why shouldn’t you do it?” Embarrassed at how happy Lawrence looked, she tried to smooth the wrinkles out of her dirty pajamas. “I mean, it’s only logical, isn’t it?”
“If you weren’t, well, you—I’d want to kiss you right now.”
It was fortunate that the room was so dark. Victoria’s cheeks turned bright red.
“Well,” she said. “Well.”
― The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
Lawrence looked at her in surprise.
“You mean it? I thought you hated it.”
“I do mean it,” said Victoria. She felt pretty shocked herself. “It’s annoying sometimes—well, a lot of the time, really—but it’s obviously the thing you’re best at, so why shouldn’t you do it?” Embarrassed at how happy Lawrence looked, she tried to smooth the wrinkles out of her dirty pajamas. “I mean, it’s only logical, isn’t it?”
“If you weren’t, well, you—I’d want to kiss you right now.”
It was fortunate that the room was so dark. Victoria’s cheeks turned bright red.
“Well,” she said. “Well.”
― The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
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