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“Each second neared our last.
We danced.
“Kieren . . .��
“Shhh . . .��
We danced.
“I’ll be okay.�� Was that me lying? Or him?
We danced.
“Close your eyes,�� he whispered, brushing his lips
against mine. “Know that I’m missing you already and
that you’ll always be in my prayers.��
When I opened my eyes, I stood alone in the middle of
the dance floor.”
― Cynthia Leitich Smith, Blessed

“I like it,�� I said. “The material’s so heavy, though. I
may turn into a sweat monster.”
― Cynthia Leitich Smith, Blessed

“Cynthia sighs, contemplating a fruit and nut bar. 'Chocolate,' she says despairingly. 'Safer than cocaine, easier to get hold of than Prozac. The government's most effective way to prevent revolution.”
― Jennifer Gilby Roberts, The Dr Pepper Prophecies

“Ich kann nicht jede neue Sau kennen, die durchs globale Dorf getrieben wird.”
― Marc Elsberg, ZERO

“Life was so much better this way. Colors were more vivid, music was more soulful. Although she had calmed down tremendously from those college days, she’d figured out that was who she was all along. That was who she was meant to be. She was all for peace and love, but she also had her ways. She’d felt that we came into this world to connect to each other. When people had sex their souls connected in such a way that only GOD himself could remove them. She wanted to influence the world, and that was one of her many ways.”
― Salena Vasquez

“A remarkable fact of nature is that problems almost always get solved just when they are meant to. And those who can help solve the problems almost always show up at the right time.”
― Cynthia Rylant, Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan