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“So the man told you the truth, and now you鈥檙e surprised to discover he didn鈥檛 lie.”
― Penny Reid, Dating-ish

“Being with you . . .鈥� he began, drawing my eyes back to his face. His were dazed, unfocused, like he was looking within and without. 鈥淏eing with me?鈥� I prompted after almost a minute, curious, a bubble of something reluctantly hopeful expanding in my chest. So of course, a joke slipped out. 鈥淚s as the prophesy foretold?鈥� Abram鈥檚 gaze sharpened on mine. He smiled, a real smile. His left dimple making its first appearance, stealing my breath before his words could. 鈥淚t鈥檚 living artistry, Mona.鈥� Abram鈥檚 gaze turned cherishing, earnest. 鈥淏eing with you is like living in a song.”
― Penny Reid, Time

“If you find that you're going through hell, keep moving. You will get to the end eventually.”
― Kimberly Brouillette, Abram's Journey: Quest For The Man In The Stars

“It must be time for my pill. I pull a tiny fourth from my jeans pocket.
Didn't you just take one?
Here. To help you get through class.
He swallows it without a word, tells me he wants to know what it feels like to take what I'm taking. It's the nicest, most disturbing thing anyone has ever said to me.”
― Jay Clark

“I hold out my fist and knock on the glass. I watch Abram's brain process the sound, probably doesn't hear it very often unless he's got a late-night side-skank I'm unaware of, and he better not.”
― Jay Clark

“I pretended not to be surprised when she showed up at my sliding door last night. Between the dog and me? I thought she was either a super-dedicated UPS guy or a polite serial killer.”
― Jay Clark

“I like this documentary, starring her in captivity, better.”
― Jay Clark

“He sure does fall asleep a lot. Must be the Paxil. he takes his pill and a half hour later it's like he's roofied himself.”
― Jay Clark

“Do you think that Asian girl over there is pretty? I ask Abram, testing him, wondering if I'm really his type, or if I'm just his type until that rare breed of slutty Asian drops into his lap.
Only when she lets me cheat off of her, he answers.”
― Jay Clark

“One of these days, she'll let me perform a favor for her without calculating what she owes me, which is always going to be nothing. Except for maybe a kiss, if our relationship ever reaches that level鈥攑innacle?鈥攚here favors can be repaid sexually (in a respectful manner).”
― Jay Clark

“For a brief moment the previous day, I鈥檇 felt a flicker of kinship with him because of my own barrenness, but he brandished his brokenness like a sword, ready to cut anyone who displeased him because someone in Pharaoh鈥檚 household had once cut him.”
― Kristen Reed, Five Nights With Pharaoh

“I tried to close my ears to the strange worshipful chanting and fix my mind on God, but the Egyptians鈥� idolatry weighed down my weary shoulders and brought tears to my closed eyes.”
― Kristen Reed, Five Nights With Pharaoh