“As usual, I'm working with stuff that was deliberately designed not to burn. But no amount of careful design by NASA can get around a determined arsonist with a tank of pure oxygen.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“Georgie wasn't better off. Even if Neal was right-even if they'd never make it work together, even if they were fundamentally /wrong/ for each other-she still wasn't better off without him. (Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not /better off/ without it.)”
― Attachments
― Attachments
“We spend more time building up barricades for moments that may never occur.”
― House Fires
― House Fires
“...Neal doodling a sleepy gerbil on Georgie's arm . . .
Georgie could never remember the difference between a gerbil, a hamster, and a guinea pig-so Neal had taken to drawing them on her when he was bored. "Cheat sheet," he'd say, writing /I am a guinea pig/ in a word balloon on her elbow.”
― Attachments
Georgie could never remember the difference between a gerbil, a hamster, and a guinea pig-so Neal had taken to drawing them on her when he was bored. "Cheat sheet," he'd say, writing /I am a guinea pig/ in a word balloon on her elbow.”
― Attachments
“In the enclosed space of the car, I could smell Andrew. He smelled like a library, like books and dust and photocopies and hand sanitizer. I was so grateful for him just then. It was so obvious that his excitement for me was genuine. He actually believed in me, apparently more than I believed in myself.”
― Lawn Boy
― Lawn Boy
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