“…some girls dream of wedding dresses and fashion veils from day-old newspaper. I dreamed of standing in front of a bullet for a friend.”
“I edged silent as a cat’s tail through the swinging door…”
“My stomach had relocated to my shoes.”
“The truth is, I’ve been shoving thoughts underwater like unwanted puppies. When your world is emptied, you cling to strangers, clutch straws so as not to fall off entirely.”
“The ice pick of alarm spears my heart. Two fresh arrivals stand before us…”