“She was standing in the airport of Copenhagen, staring at a doorway, trying to figure out if it was (a) a bathroom and (b) what kind of bathroom it was. The door merely said H. Was she an H? Was H "hers"? It could just as easily be "his". Or "Helicopter Room: Not a Bathroom at All” IfsTryingKindSaidRoomsDoorsFiguresStandingStaringBathroomAirportsDoorwaysHelicoptersCopenhagen Author:Maureen Johnson
“She didn't even notice right away that a small animal had come out from behind a nearby car and was slowly making its way toward the trash can she was standing near. She flipped through some old files in her mind, trying to come up with what this thing might be, and after a few seconds decided that--impossible as it seemed--it was a fox.” WayTryingMindMightAnimalBehindsImpossibleCarStandingDecidedCome UpSecondsFoxesTrashFilesFlippedTrash CansSmall Animals Author:Maureen Johnson
“We learn that many great thinkers were convinced that the Bible contained the Ancient Mysteries, but not in the literal words—that the words on the pages were codes, and that the Bible is comprised of heavy-handed and useless story covering up something much more important and interesting. I get the feeling that [Dan Brown] is trying to tell me something, but I am not biting, reader.” TryingImportantStoriesFeelingsInterestingMysteryReaderPagesAncientHeavyConvincedUselessCodeBrownThinkerCoveringLiteralBitingGreat Thinkers Author:Maureen Johnson
“Stuart, who had just witnessed me go through an entire rainbow of emotions and experiences. There was parents-have-just-been-jailed me, stuck-in-a-strange-town me, insane-and-can't-shut-up me, kind-of-snarky-to-the-strange-guy-trying-to-be-helpful me, breakup me, and the extremely popular jump-on-top-of-you-unexpectedly me.” TryingKindGuyParentEmotionStrangeTownsStuckInsaneBreakupHelpfulRainbowShut Up Author:Maureen Johnson
“I remember how, at first, I had felt the tension in his lips, as if he was trying to make a barrier between us - then they had relaxed, parted slightly. And that's when I had known he wanted to kiss me, wanted to give in. That little parting of the lips, the little sigh that came out... I would hear that sigh forever. That little, little sound when the whole world seemed to open up.” IfsWorldGivingTryingFirstsLittlesWholeWantedRememberFeltSoundKnownForeverKissingLipsWhole WorldTensionBarriersSighRelaxedPartingKiss Me Author:Maureen Johnson
“I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.” TryingIdeasBehindsChainsShakesIronRemindingPensive Author:Maureen Johnson
