“... when the locked door opens, and there comes in a young woman, deadly pale, and with long fair hair, who glides to the fire, and sits down in the chair we have left there, wringing her hands.” LongHandsYoungLeftFireDoorsHairFairsChairsLockedPaleYoung WomenSpookyLocked Doors Book:A Christmas Treasury Source: A Christmas Treasury
“For several long moments we remained locked together, and I think I covered her hair with small sacred kisses, her perfume crucifying me with memories.” ThinkingLongMomentsTogetherMemoriesHairKissingSacredCoveredLockedPerfume Book:Merrick: a novel Source: Merrick: a novel
“Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else.” TryingRunningGirlFightingGivenSecretLaughingHairMy FriendsFairsSwimLockedFistsGiven UpSnapsLureBaitGauges Author:Wendelin Van Draanen