Madi

“Seriously, just pretend I'm not here." He walks us into the kitchen and bends to look in

refrigerator, making me grip tighter. He fills a glass and

I press my ear to his neck to listen to him swallow I tighten my legs around him, and he slides a hand to my butt and squeezes it once in a friendly way. Then he gives it a slap. "Ow, what's in your pocket?"

"Oh." I remember now and feel like a nerd. I slither down to my feet. "It's nothing." "It hurt my hand." He pulls the lumpy shape out of my pocket and cranes to see what he's found. "It's a Smurf. Of course. What else would you fill your pockets

with? Why does it have a bow on it?" "I have, like, ten of him. It's Grouchy Smurf.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

“If at first you don’t succeed, don’t try skydiving.”
― Krista Street, Compound 26

“I was going to murder his ass. One day. One day long after I quit, so no one would suspect me.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

“Marriage is one of the last ancient rites of civiliza tion, I guess. Everyone wants someone who loves them so much they'd wear a gold ring. You know, to show everyone else their heart is taken.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game