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“When all is quiet, she begins to hum under her breath, and now I have to shush her once or twice, because if I don’t, her voice will gradually rise until she is singing out loud.”

“She dances when she walks. Just little bounces and glides scattered here and there. Her gestures are graceful.”

“Brie is lip gloss and natural light; she seems to glow from the fact of existing…Brie moves with intention…Brie’s shirts are pressed and buttoned, casually accessorized with a simple silver chain.”

“Brie closes her eyes and her expression turns serene, but I can tell she’s beginning to panic. She gets strangely calm when things are going wrong.”

“If I dress a bit like Greg, I might have a shot at earning his trust. It’s a subtle subconscious thing. But it works.”

“I study her earnest mahogany eyes and perpetually furrowed brow. Her soft, cloudlike hair frames her face almost like a halo. She’s always so near and together. She doesn’t belong in my nuclear mess of a room, or my life. She has brains, looks, money, and a perfect family.”

“She just lacks a certain cynicism the rest of us share, and people tend to see that as a kind of weakness…Megan’s whole worldview has silver linings. That kind of vision is dangerous, but I envy it. Sometimes it feels like all I see are dark spots.”