Their memory was something tangible and heavy, and I would carry it with me.
Ransom Riggs
She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.
funny children romance
Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!
funny humor
If I never went home, what exactly would I be missing? I pictured my cold cavernous house, my friendless town full of bad memories, the utterly unremarkable life that had been mapped out for me. It had never once occurred to me, I realized, to refuse it.
life
But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around--they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't recognize them for what they are until it's too late.
war monsters
.. So one day my mother sat me down and explained that I couldn't become an explorer because everything in the world had already been discovered. I'd been born in the wrong century, and I felt cheated.
childhood exploration
I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. Likewise, I never imagined that home might be something I would miss.
home new-beginnings exploration
Right at the flamingo orgy! Left at the multiethnic roof Santas! Straight past the pissing cherubs!
humorous
memories
It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.
money
I did love her of course, but mostly just because loving your mom is mandatory, not because she was someone I think I'd like very much if I met her walking down the street.
mother
Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance.
hilarious
They were orphans of war, washed up on that little island in a tide of blood. What made them amazing wasn't that they had miraculous powers; that they had escaped the ghettos and gas chamges was miracle enough.
historical
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