“The smell of apple pies didn't quite fill the house, but it was there, a thread under everything else. It was kind of hard to take Christophe seriously when he smelled like baked goods. I wondered if other djampjir smelled like Hostess Twinkies and sniggered to myself.” IfsKindHardHouseSmellApplesGoodsThreadPieApple PieHostessesBaked Goods Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“And now here he was in my kitchen. Smelling like apple pies and looking at me with a direct seriousness that made him even cuter. The bruising spreading up the side of his face had halted, and under it he was very pretty. Not jock-pretty, or the hurtful kind of pretty that tells you a guy is too busy taking care of his royal self to think about you.” ThinkingKindMadeSelfCareFacesGuySidesDirectBusyKitchenApplesPieRoyalSeriousnessToo BusyHurtfulJocksApple Pie Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“Boys always get the best eyelashes; it's like some kind of cosmic law. And half-breed kids get some kind of extra help there from genetics, too.” KindHelpingKidsLawHalfBoysExtrasCosmicGeneticsEyelashesExtra Help Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“I'd kind of expected that kids who knew about the Real World wouldn't act like jock dipwads. Guess I was wrong.” WorldKindRealKidsExpectedReal WorldJocks Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs.” NeedsWritingKindImportantSoulSometimesReasonImagineReason Why Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“I was feeling safe. Not the kind of safe where you know there are still bad things howling outside the door waiting to get in. No, it was the kind of safe where you sink down in your bed at the end of the day and know you can go to sleep and everything is going to be the same tomorrow.” KnowsKindStillsEndsFeelingsWaitingSleepDoorsTomorrowBedSafeThe End Of The DayBad ThingsGoing To Sleep Author:Lilith Saintcrow
“God, was I going to have another day of painful thoughts jumping me every time I relaxed? The obvious solution—to just not relax—was kind of sucking.” KindSolutionsPainfulObviousRelaxRelaxedJumpingAnother DayPainful Thoughts Author:Lilith Saintcrow
