“She smiled at me, and I never forgot it. Or more accurately, I always remembered it.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“True love includes equal parts good and bad, but true loves sticks around and doesn't run off to Vegas with a podiatrist.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I love vocab. It's like spelunking in a cave you've been in your whole life and discovering a thousand new tunnels.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
I place us where we are a happy couple who are madly in love, and we are kissing the way people kiss… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. It feels good to not get an argument or… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“They don't know what love is. Here they learn what hate is, and I am so sad that they might never know… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Look, this is a loan. I don't know if love is something I will run out of one day. I don't know… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“Is love something that will always be available? Will it always be confined and untrustworthy like it feels today? Is there enough… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“As I load my shirt into the washer for the night, I daydream about making a sign and hanging it around my… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I see it as symbolic. The label no longer fits. His emotional parsimoniousness just got sucked away by the beautiful blue sky.… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I felt a mix of wanting to kill him and wanting to kiss him at the same time. When I thought of… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“It occurs to me if we kissed now, we'd be like a folded map of America. My Pennsylvania scab next to her… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“As I load my shirt into the washer for the night, I daydream about making a sign and hanging it around my… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“As I drive home, I picture other signs- one for everyone who has a secret. Bill Corso's would say, I CAN'T READ,… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“I only hope that for right now, you remember that there is no place for hate in a happy life. I don’t care who… — A.s. King Copy Share
“Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie. Maybe I would have been his girlfriend.… — A.S. King Copy Share
But that's a side effect of alcohol, isn't it? Stopping to think about other people is not on the bar menu. — A.S. King Copy Share
“Most people don't think past themselves. I know that. But I want Vera to see other people. To respect other people. To realize that… — A.S. King Copy Share
"You two would make a cute couple," she says as she passes by with a full dough tray in her arms. I don't know… — A.S. King Copy Share
“I love vocab. It's like spelunking in a cave you've been in your whole life and discovering a thousand new tunnels.” — A.S. King Copy Share
“But they keep saving me because they know I stand for something. They're just not sure what yet. -The Pagoda” — A.S. King Copy Share
How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong… — A.S. King Copy Share
“My toaster could have a soul,and the walnut grove to the east of my house could be just a bunch of trees or could… — A.S. King Copy Share
“I bring my hand to my face and pull away tiny pieces of the jagged scab. My face reflects in the rounded airplane window,… — A.S. King Copy Share
“I didn't have the time to slice a hundred shallow cuts into his lips and make him suck limes. I was too busy to… — A.S. King Copy Share
“As I drive home, I picture other signs- one for everyone who has a secret. Bill Corso's would say, I CAN'T READ, BUT I… — A.S. King Copy Share
